County Reports 9 New COVID-19 Deaths on Sunday

County health officials confirmed nine new deaths and 1,192 new cases of COVID-19. 

In total, officials said there were 221,950 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and 5,254 deaths.

“To the many families suffering a loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we keep you in our thoughts and prayers,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of Public Health. “It is a collective responsibility shared between everyone including each resident and business to slow the spread of COVID-19. We need collaboration and unity to do those things we know reduce transmission of the virus so we can re-open with as much safety as possible.”

Sunday’s decrease in new cases and new deaths reflects a weekend reporting lag.

County Public Health still anticipates receiving backlog cases from the state electronic lab report (ELR). Data sources that track other key indicators, including hospitalizations and deaths, are not affected by this reporting issue.

There are 1,357 confirmed cases currently hospitalized and 32 percent of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU. Daily hospitalization numbers continue to steadily decline. This number was up to 2,200 in the middle of July.

Ninety-two percent of the people who have died from COVID-19 had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 4,942 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health), 50 percent of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 24 percent of deaths were among White residents, 15 percent among Asian residents, 10 percent among African-American/Black residents, less than 1 percent among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1 percent among residents identifying with other races.

 Because there are so many people infected with COVID-19 who have no symptoms and are spreading the virus unknowingly, people are being asked to do everything they can to avoid being close to others not in their household. With the warm weather, this can be challenging as people seek to find places to go that offer relief from the heat. As much as possible, however, county officials ask everyone to stay home and limit activities outside to doing what is essential – working, getting groceries and medicine, and visiting a doctor.