LA County Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 400; 10,496 Cases Confirmed

LOS ANGELES, CA — The number of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County officially topped 400 Wednesday, while nearly 500 new cases were reported and the county's public health director warned that everyday life will look dramatically different even when stay-at-home orders are eventually lifted.

Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, reported 42 new deaths from the virus, although that figure included some fatalities that were actually reported Tuesday afternoon by officials in Long Beach and Pasadena, both of which have their own health departments.

The 42 deaths, however, lifted the official countywide total to 402. That number quickly rose to 403 Wednesday afternoon when Long Beach reported one more death, bringing that city's total to 18.

Of the 330 fatalities for which ethnic data are available, 34% were Latinx, 31% white, 17% Asian and 15% black. The county's overall mortality rate -- the percentage of people diagnosed with coronavirus who died -- held steady at 3.8%.

Ferrer noted that one of the people whose death was reported Wednesday was between 18 and 40 years old -- "a reminder that while mortality rates are higher for people who are older and who have underlying health conditions, people of all ages can in fact pass away from COVID-19."

Ferrer reported 472 new cases of COVID-19 in the county, although some of those cases were also reported Tuesday by Long Beach and Pasadena. The new cases pushed the countywide total to 10,496.

Included in those cases are 28 homeless people, six of whom were residing in area shelters, prompting them to be isolated and others who had contact with them to be placed in quarantine.

A total of 133 residents of nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities have died from the coronavirus, representing 33% of all deaths in the county. The county is investigating cases at 205 "institutional settings," such as nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, shelters, jails and prisons, that have had at least one case. Those institutions have had a total of 1,764 cases.

A total of 70 cases have been confirmed in the jail facilities in the county -- 15 inmates and 55 staff members. There were also 34 cases in prisons, involving 23 inmates and 11 staffers, while four staff members at county juvenile facilities have tested positive, Ferrer said.

As of Tuesday, more than 67,000 people have been tested in Los Angeles County, with about 11% testing positive.

Both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Ferrer this week discussed benchmarks that are being scrutinized to determine when stay-at-home and business-closure orders might be lifted. Although those orders are likely to remain in place for weeks, Ferrer noted that when they are lifted, it does not mean life will immediately return to normal.

"We will continue to need physical distancing requirements and directives for many months to come," she said.

Ferrer gave a series of examples of changes people may see, such as continuing limits on the number of people permitted inside stores, limited attendance at cultural exhibits or events, one-way trails and hiking paths, temperature-taking at entrances to some facilities and hand-washing and sanitation stations in public places.

Meanwhile, large events like concerts and sports may remain banned in Los Angeles until 2021, Mayor Eric Garcetti told staff this week, according to the Los Angeles Times.

According to a transcript from Garcetti's weekly staff briefing, "large gatherings such as concerts and sporting events may not be approved in the city for at least 1 year," the Times reports. A spokesman for Garcetti confirmed the comments to the Times, saying the mayor has been consulting studies and data as he considers how to reopen public life in the city.

The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Wednesday, are:

• Los Angeles County: 9,954 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)
• Long Beach: 363
• Pasadena: 179

Confirmed cases by city:

• Agoura Hills: 21
• Alhambra: 37
• Arcadia: 25
• Artesia: 5
• Azusa: 22
• Baldwin Park: 34
• Bell: 64
• Bell Gardens: 39
• Bellflower: 55
• Beverly Hills: 78
• Burbank: 112
• Calabasas: 26
• Carson: 133
• Cerritos: 34
• Claremont: 13
• Compton: 72
• Covina: 54
• Cudahy: 24
• Culver City: 34
• Diamond Bar: 22
• Downey: 111
• Duarte: 15
• El Monte: 34
• El Segundo: 12
• Gardena: 82
• Glendale: 278
• Glendora: 26
• Hawthorne: 87
• Hermosa Beach: 17
• Huntington Park: 44
• Inglewood: 132
• La Canada Flintridge: 23
• La Mirada: 25
• La Puente: 22
• La Verne: 9
• Lakewood: 43
• Lancaster: 91
• Lawndale: 31
• Lomita: 23
• Lynwood: 84
• Malibu: 18
• Manhattan Beach: 55
• Maywood: 28
• Monrovia: 14
• Montebello: 64
• Monterey Park: 34
• Norwalk: 88
• Palmdale: 118
• Palos Verdes Estates: 36
• Paramount: 44
• Pico Rivera: 67
• Pomona: 58
• Rancho Palos Verdes: 46
• Redondo Beach: 84
• Rolling Hills Estates: 11
• Rosemead: 16
• San Dimas: 18
• San Fernando: 27
• San Gabriel: 14
• San Marino: 8
• Santa Clarita: 166
• Santa Fe Springs: 9
• Santa Monica: 98
• Signal Hill: 5
• South Gate: 108
• South Pasadena: 17
• Temple City: 17
• Torrance: 159
• Walnut: 13
• West Covina: 48
• West Hollywood: 105
• Westlake Village: 6
• Whittier: 56
• Los Angeles: 4707
• Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 16
• Los Angeles - Alsace: 7
• Los Angeles - Arleta: 34
• Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 9
• Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 34
• Los Angeles - Bel Air: 21
• Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 26
• Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 22
• Los Angeles - Boyle Heights: 64
• Los Angeles - Brentwood: 57
• Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 7
• Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 93
• Los Angeles - Carthay: 33
• Los Angeles - Central: 51
• Los Angeles - Century City: 27
• Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 32
• Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 38
• Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 12
• Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 13
• Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 28
• Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 22
• Los Angeles - Crestview: 43
• Los Angeles - Del Rey: 36
• Los Angeles - Downtown: 27
• Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 46
• Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 54
• Los Angeles - Echo Park: 9
• Los Angeles - El Sereno: 44
• Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 5
• Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 10
• Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 56
• Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 10
• Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 52
• Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 66
• Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 12
• Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 53
• Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 18
• Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 49
• Los Angeles - Harbor City: 25
• Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 34
• Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 24
• Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 31
• Los Angeles - Highland Park: 40
• Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 24
• Los Angeles - Hollywood: 124
• Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 46
• Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 22
• Los Angeles - Koreatown: 58
• Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 7
• Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 40
• Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 19
• Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 25
• Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 20
• Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 47
• Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 38
• Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 21
• Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 37
• Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 8
• Los Angeles - Melrose: 215
• Los Angeles - Mid-city: 24
• Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 21
• Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 26
• Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 16
• Los Angeles - North Hills: 54
• Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 145
• Los Angeles - Northridge: 56
• Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 32
• Los Angeles - Pacoima: 63
• Los Angeles - Palms: 69
• Los Angeles - Panorama City: 76
• Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 9
• Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 62
• Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 10
• Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 31
• Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 8
• Los Angeles - Reseda: 84
• Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 9
• Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 5
• Los Angeles - San Pedro: 55
• Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 7
• Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 85
• Los Angeles - Silverlake: 84
• Los Angeles - South Carthay: 20
• Los Angeles - South Park: 47
• Los Angeles - Studio City: 22
• Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 46
• Los Angeles - Sunland: 36
• Los Angeles - Sylmar: 121
• Los Angeles - Tarzana: 47
• Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 57
• Los Angeles - Thai Town: 9
• Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 7
• Los Angeles - Tujunga: 21
• Los Angeles - University Park: 28
• Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 36
• Los Angeles - Valley Village: 40
• Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 96
• Los Angeles - Venice: 32
• Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 20
• Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 18
• Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 31
• Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 45
• Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 18
• Los Angeles - View Heights: 5
• Los Angeles - Watts: 30
• Los Angeles - West Adams: 51
• Los Angeles - West Hills: 24
• Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 37
• Los Angeles - West Vernon: 79
• Los Angeles - Westchester: 39
• Los Angeles - Westlake: 84
• Los Angeles - Westwood: 36
• Los Angeles - Wholesale District: 24
• Los Angeles - Wilmington: 40
• Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 54
• Los Angeles - Winnetka: 55
• Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 77
• Unincorporated - Altadena: 39
• Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 38
• Unincorporated - Athens Village: 7
• Unincorporated - Bassett: 9
• Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 14
• Unincorporated - Castaic: 9
• Unincorporated - Covina: 13
• Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 9
• Unincorporated - Del Aire: 5
• Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 108
• Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 12
• Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 68
• Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 34
• Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 11
• Unincorporated - La Rambla: 5
• Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 14
• Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 7
• Unincorporated - Lennox: 19
• Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 6
• Unincorporated - Monrovia: 5
• Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 7
• Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 13
• Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 6
• Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 19
• Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 6
• Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 7
• Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 7
• Unincorporated - South Whittier: 30
• Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 11
• Unincorporated - Valinda: 10
• Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 16
• Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 22
• Unincorporated - West Carson: 31
• Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 6
• Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 17
• Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 26
• Under Investigation: 745

City News Service contributed to this report.

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