1,465 coronavirus cases in LA County, death count rises to 26

Los Angeles County Public Health officials Friday reported an additional five coronavirus deaths, bringing the county's death count up to 26.

All the deceased residents were over the age of 60, according to Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer. They included four men and one woman.

On Thursday, the county reported 9 new deaths caused by COVID-19. Ferrer said that eight of those individuals were over the age of 60, but one patient was in their 40s but had underlying health conditions.

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Additionally, Ferrer announced that there were 257 new positive cases in the county, bringing the total number of cases up to 1,465, with 678 of those cases reported in the last 48 hours.

She once again reminded the public that the increased numbers are likely due to the fact that hospitals now have the ability to test more individuals for COVID-19.

Ferrer said that in less than a week, LA County has more than tripled in its number of confirmed cases.

Out of all the confirmed cases, 317, or approximately 21% of the individuals required hospitalization during some point of their battle with the virus, according to Public Health.

Ferrer said that 1.8% of the people who have tested positive in LA County have died, which is a higher death rate than in both New York City and the nation.

"This virus knows no boundaries," Ferrer said.

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She also announced that all beaches in the county, as well as bike paths, would be closed to the public temporarily to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

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Ferrer said that social distancing remains our best defense against the virus, and urges all residents to abide by current measures in place across the state.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of the virus include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. 

Public Health has issued the following guidance during this time of increased spread:

"If you are mildly sick, stay home for at least seven days or until 72 hours after being fever free, whichever is longer. Call your doctor if you are concerned and/or your symptoms worsen. Individuals who are elderly, have underlying health conditions or pregnant should consider contacting their providers earlier when they are sick."

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Public Health released the following list of locations of confirmed cases:

Laboratory Confirmed Cases     1465
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)    1402*
-- Long Beach    54
-- Pasadena    9
Deaths    26
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)    25
-- Long Beach    1
-- Pasadena    0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)     
-  0 to 17    22
-  18 to 40    547
-  41 to 65    565
-  over 65    268
Hospitalization     
-  Hospitalized (Ever)    317
CITY / COMMUNITY**     
City of Agoura Hills    6
City of Alhambra    8
City of Arcadia    6
City of Artesia    --
City of Avalon    0
City of Azusa    1
City of Baldwin Park    0
City of Bell    4
City of Bell Gardens    1
City of Bellflower    10
City of Beverly Hills    21
City of Bradbury    0
City of Burbank    7
City of Calabasas    7
City of Carson    21
City of Cerritos    1
City of Claremont    1
City of Commerce    0
City of Compton    7
City of Covina    3
City of Cudahy    --
City of Culver City    6
City of Diamond Bar    2
City of Downey    12
City of Duarte    --
City of El Monte    0
City of El Segundo    --
City of Gardena    5
City of Glendale    29
City of Glendora    4
City of Hawaiian Gardens    --
City of Hawthorne    7
City of Hermosa Beach    --
City of Hidden Hills    0
City of Huntington Park    0
City of Industry    0
City of Inglewood    12
City of Irwindale    0
City of La Canada Flintridge    5
City of La Habra Heights    --
City of La Mirada    5
City of La Puente    1
City of La Verne    1
City of Lakewood    8
City of Lancaster    18
City of Lawndale    2
City of Lomita    0
City of Long Beach    0
City of Lynwood    8
City of Malibu    --
City of Manhattan Beach    22
City of Maywood    1
City of Monrovia    4
City of Montebello    2
City of Monterey Park    4
City of Norwalk    9
City of Palmdale    4
City of Palos Verdes Estates    12
City of Paramount    5
City of Pasadena    0
City of Pico Rivera    2
City of Pomona    4
City of Rancho Palos Verdes    7
City of Redondo Beach    23
City of Rolling Hills    0
City of Rolling Hills Estates    --
City of Rosemead    0
City of San Dimas    1
City of San Fernando    0
City of San Gabriel    5
City of San Marino    --
City of Santa Clarita    24
City of Santa Fe Springs    0
City of Santa Monica    28
City of Sierra Madre    0
City of Signal Hill    --
City of South El Monte    0
City of South Gate    4
City of South Pasadena    3
City of Temple City    0
City of Torrance    21
City of Vernon    0
City of Walnut    1
City of West Covina    5
City of West Hollywood    42
City of Westlake Village    0
City of Whittier    4
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie    --
Los Angeles - Alsace    --
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights    0
Los Angeles - Arleta    2
Los Angeles - Atwater Village    0
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills    5
Los Angeles - Bel Air    6
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest    14
Los Angeles - Beverlywood    8
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights    8
Los Angeles - Brentwood    30
Los Angeles - Brookside    0
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning    0
Los Angeles - Canoga Park    2
Los Angeles - Carthay    7
Los Angeles - Central    2
Los Angeles - Century City    6
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove    3
Los Angeles - Chatsworth    3
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills    --
Los Angeles - Chinatown    0
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran    --
Los Angeles - Country Club Park    --
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District    --
Los Angeles - Crestview    7
Los Angeles - Del Rey    9
Los Angeles - Downtown    8
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock    4
Los Angeles - East Hollywood    3
Los Angeles - Echo Park    --
Los Angeles - El Sereno    0
Los Angeles - Elysian Park    --
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley    --
Los Angeles - Encino    23
Los Angeles - Exposition    0
Los Angeles - Exposition Park    2
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights    0
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square    0
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone    3
Los Angeles - Glassell Park    4
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place    --
Los Angeles - Granada Hills    8
Los Angeles - Green Meadows    --
Los Angeles - Hancock Park    14
Los Angeles - Harbor City    1
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway    4
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines    0
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights    --
Los Angeles - Harvard Park    1
Los Angeles - Highland Park    5
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown    0
Los Angeles - Hollywood    30
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills    19
Los Angeles - Hyde Park    2
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park    0
Los Angeles - Koreatown    7
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square    --
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa    3
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace    --
Los Angeles - Leimert Park    --
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights    1
Los Angeles - Little Armenia    0
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh    2
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo    0
Los Angeles - Longwood    0
Los Angeles - Los Feliz    6
Los Angeles - Manchester Square    --
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon    --
Los Angeles - Mar Vista    8
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula    --
Los Angeles - Melrose    49
Los Angeles - Mid-city    8
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile    7
Los Angeles - Mission Hills    --
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington    --
Los Angeles - North Hills    1
Los Angeles - North Hollywood    18
Los Angeles - Northridge    7
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades    10
Los Angeles - Pacoima    2
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands    0
Los Angeles - Palms    12
Los Angeles - Panorama City    4
Los Angeles - Park La Brea    --
Los Angeles - Pico-Union    5
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey    --
Los Angeles - Playa Vista    5
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch    2
Los Angeles - Rancho Park    --
Los Angeles - Regent Square    0
Los Angeles - Reseda    8
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch    --
Los Angeles - Reynier Village    --
Los Angeles - San Pedro    8
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills    --
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks    21
Los Angeles - Silverlake    12
Los Angeles - South Carthay    5
Los Angeles - South Park    3
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village    0
Los Angeles - Studio City    10
Los Angeles - Sun Valley    3
Los Angeles - Sunland    0
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square    0
Los Angeles - Sylmar    4
Los Angeles - Tarzana    17
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry    5
Los Angeles - Thai Town    --
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake    --
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace    0
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods    0
Los Angeles - Tujunga    2
Los Angeles - University Hills    0
Los Angeles - University Park    4
Los Angeles - Valley Glen    2
Los Angeles - Valley Village    13
Los Angeles - Van Nuys    4
Los Angeles - Venice    11
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls    --
Los Angeles - Vermont Square    --
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista    2
Los Angeles - Vernon Central    3
Los Angeles - Victoria Park    --
Los Angeles - View Heights    0
Los Angeles - Watts    1
Los Angeles - Wellington Square    0
Los Angeles - West Adams    6
Los Angeles - West Hills    5
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles    9
Los Angeles - West Vernon    6
Los Angeles - Westchester    8
Los Angeles - Westlake    1
Los Angeles - Westwood    16
Los Angeles - Wholesale District    8
Los Angeles - Wilmington    5
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center    4
Los Angeles - Winnetka    3
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills    14
Unincorporated - Acton    0
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce    0
Unincorporated - Altadena    9
Unincorporated - Anaverde    0
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest    0
Unincorporated - Arcadia    0
Unincorporated - Athens Village    0
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont    5
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights    0
Unincorporated - Azusa    0
Unincorporated - Bassett    0
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon    0
Unincorporated - Bradbury    0
Unincorporated - Canyon Country    --
Unincorporated - Castaic    3
Unincorporated - Cerritos    0
Unincorporated - Claremont    0
Unincorporated - Covina    --
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)    0
Unincorporated - Del Aire    0
Unincorporated - Del Rey    0
Unincorporated - Del Sur    0
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands    0
Unincorporated - Duarte    0
Unincorporated - East Covina    0
Unincorporated - East La Mirada    0
Unincorporated - East Lancaster    0
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles    6
Unincorporated - East Pasadena    0
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez    0
Unincorporated - East Whittier    --
Unincorporated - El Camino Village    0
Unincorporated - El Monte    0
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake    0
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone    0
Unincorporated - Glendora    0
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights    2
Unincorporated - Hawthorne    --
Unincorporated - Hi Vista    0
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons    0
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose    0
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights    --
Unincorporated - La Rambla    --
Unincorporated - La Verne    --
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights    0
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes    0
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles    0
Unincorporated - Lake Manor    0
Unincorporated - Lakewood    0
Unincorporated - Lennox    --
Unincorporated - Leona Valley    0
Unincorporated - Littlerock    0
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills    0
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom    0
Unincorporated - Llano    0
Unincorporated - Long Beach    0
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey    --
Unincorporated - Monrovia    --
Unincorporated - Newhall    0
Unincorporated - North Lancaster    0
Unincorporated - North Whittier    0
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel    0
Unincorporated - Padua Hills    0
Unincorporated - Palmdale    0
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula    0
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano    0
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village    0
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon    0
Unincorporated - Pomona    0
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill    0
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez    0
Unincorporated - Roosevelt    0
Unincorporated - Rosewood    0
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena    0
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez    0
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights    1
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills    0
Unincorporated - San Pasqual    0
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon    0
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island    0
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains    0
Unincorporated - Saugus    0
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country    0
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley    0
Unincorporated - South El Monte    0
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel    0
Unincorporated - South Whittier    3
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley    0
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch    --
Unincorporated - Sun Village    0
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village    0
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain    0
Unincorporated - Val Verde    0
Unincorporated - Valencia    --
Unincorporated - Valinda    --
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills    0
Unincorporated - Walnut Park    0
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley    0
Unincorporated - West Carson    5
Unincorporated - West LA    --
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley    0
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez    0
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos    0
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills    0
Unincorporated - Westhills    0
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms    0
Unincorporated - Whittier    0
Unincorporated - Willowbrook    1
Unincorporated - Wiseburn    --
-  Under Investigation    143
 *These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation; two previously reported cases were not in                                                             Public Health's jurisdiction.
 **  -- Means that case numbers are suppressed (between 1 and 4 cases in communities <25,000 people).