Los Angeles–The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 25 new deaths and 1,379 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Fifteen people who died were over the age of 65 years, 8 people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old and one person who died was between the ages of 18 to 40. Twenty-two people had underlying health conditions including 14 people over the age of 65 years old, seven people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old and one person between the ages of 18 to 40.
To date, Public Health has identified 54,996 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 2,362 deaths. Ninety-three percent of people who died had underlying health conditions.
Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 2,179 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 41% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 28% among White residents, 18% among Asian residents, 12% among African American residents, 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races. Upon further investigation, 34 cases and one death reported earlier were not LA County residents.
As of today, 6,514 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (12% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. There are 1,402 people who are currently hospitalized, 28% of these people are in the ICU and 19% are on ventilators. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 598,000 individuals and 8% of people testing positive.
On Friday May 29, the County of Los Angeles Health Officer revised the County’s Reopening Safer At Work And In the Community for the Control of COVID-19 (Order) to allow for in-person dining at restaurants and the re-opening of hair salons and barbershops.
