Public Health Reports 3,221 New Positive Cases and 85 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County – The Los Angeles Post

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Public Health Reports 3,221 New Positive Cases and 85 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County – The Los Angeles Post

By FYH News Team

Published on February 20, 2022

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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19.

3,221 new COVID-19 cases (2,780,323 cases to date)
85 new deaths due to COVID-19 (30,300 deaths to date)
1,502 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
More than 11,340,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases and Deaths Last 7 Days
	Sa 2/19	F 2/18	Th 2/17	W 2/16	T 2/15	M 2/14	Su 2/13
Daily new cases	3,221	4,330***	3,312**	3,348	2,133	2,457*	4,889*
Daily deaths	85	70	67	102	55	26*	58
Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases	1,502	1,616	1,713	1,835	1,995	2,054	2,086
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)	2.1%	2.4%	2.5%	2.6%	2.8%	3.0%	3.3%

Data is by date reported by DPH, but does not necessarily represent the date of testing, hospitalization, or death.

* Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend reporting.

** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 470 positive tests with testing dates between 12/23/21 – 2/05/22

*** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 889 positive tests with testing dates between 8/02/21 – 2/12/22

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov including:

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,780,323	3221
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,629,245	3179
— Long Beach	123,603	0
— Pasadena	27,475	42
Deaths	30,300	85
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	28,700	71
— Long Beach	1,203	14
— Pasadena	397	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	80612
– 5 to 11	233901
– 12 to 17	228588
– 18 to 29	586615
– 30 to 49	838544
– 50 to 64	435156
– 65 to 79	168319
– over 80	54661
– Under Investigation	2849
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	1336050
– Male	1218121
– Other	954
– Under Investigation	74120
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	4846
– Asian	158924
– Black	131442
– Hispanic/Latino	1205152
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13619
– White	334047
– Other	289183
– Under Investigation	492032
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	131727	**DATA Under reported
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	69
– Asian	3608
– Black	2632
– Hispanic/Latino	14871
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	103
– White	7049
– Other	290
– Under Investigation	78

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