Public Health Reports 1,345 New Positive Cases and 21 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County – The Los Angeles Post

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Public Health Reports 1,345 New Positive Cases and 21 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County – The Los Angeles Post

By FYH News Team

Published on February 22, 2022

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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend or holiday.

1,345 New COVID-19 cases (2,784,276 cases to date)
21 New deaths due to COVID-19 (30,376 deaths to date)
1,310 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
More than 11,361,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases and Deaths Last 7 Days
	M 2/20	Su 2/20	Sa 2/19	F 2/18	Th 2/17	W 2/16	Tu 2/15
Daily new cases	1,345*	2,780*	3,221	4,330***	3,312**	3,348	2,133
Daily deaths	21*	58*	85	70	67	102	55
Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases	1,310	1,391	1,502	1,616	1,713	1,835	1,995
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)	1.8%	1.9%	2.0%	2.2%	2.4%	2.6%	2.8%

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 or holiday reporting.

** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 6,776 positive tests with testing dates between 12/27/21 – 2/02/22

*** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 265 positive tests with testing dates between 12/28/21 – 1/31/21

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
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,784,276
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,633,250
— Long Beach	123,518
— Pasadena	27,508
Deaths	30,376
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	28,776
— Long Beach	1,203
— Pasadena	397
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	80782
– 5 to 11	234343
– 12 to 17	228964
– 18 to 29	587385
– 30 to 49	839737
– 50 to 64	435787
– 65 to 79	168614
– over 80	54782
– Under Investigation	2856
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	1338180
– Male	1220015
– Other	960
– Under Investigation	74095
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	4861
– Asian	159358
– Black	131704
– Hispanic/Latino	1207705
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13597
– White	334880
– Other	289072
– Under Investigation	492073
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	131759
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	69
– Asian	3610
– Black	2644
– Hispanic/Latino	14907
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	104
– White	7070
– Other	291
– Under Investigation	81

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