LA County Updates Its COVID-19 Numbers

On Wednesday the Los Angeles County Public Health reported 1,148 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and 31 deaths due to COVID-19 within the County.

“The number of new cases has steadily decreased through August and September. Last week the average daily number of cases was 800, compared with over 2,000 just a month ago. Public Health will continue to watch this indicator closely because it may be artificially low due to reduced testing numbers seen over the last two weeks,” according to LA County Public Health. “Our test positivity rate has averaged 3% for the past week. Just a month ago, in mid-August, this rate averaged 5%. A decreased test positivity rate is often a sign of reduced community transmission.”

As of Wednesday, there have been 3,440 positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge reported 174 cases, Eagle Rock reported 632 cases, Shadow Hills reported 60 cases, Sunland reported 431 cases and 474 cases with 14 deaths in Tujunga. In the unincorporated areas of LA County, Altadena reported 671 cases of COVID-19 and Montrose-La Crescenta reported 189 cases.

As of Tuesday, there have been 173 deaths reported in Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge has reported seven deaths, Eagle Rock has reported 24 deaths, Shadow Hills reported zero deaths, Sunland reported 29 deaths and 14 deaths were reported in Tujunga. In the unincorporated areas of LA County Altadena has reported 13 deaths and Montrose La Crescenta has reported two deaths.