Update May 23 —LA County
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 41 new deaths due to COVID-19 as of May 23. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 2,090 in LA County.
Deaths in individual cities and unincorporated areas of LA County have not been update since May 21. See CVW May 21 update for those totals.
For the new deaths as of May 23, 31 people were over the age of 65 and eight people were between ages of 41 to 65 years old. Twenty-eight people had underlying health conditions including 23 people who were over the age of 65, five people were between the ages of 41 to 65 and two of the deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach which has its own public health department.
As of May 23 there were 1,032 new cases of positive COVID-19 reported in LA County bringing the total to 44,055 of positive cases.
“Our prayers and thoughts are with those families and friends mourning the loss of their loved ones,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “We are acutely aware of the need to continue to take steps that reduce the spread of COVID-19 during our recovery journey. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, our data points to steady declines in hospitalizations, deaths, and the percent of people testing positive. For example, the percent of people tested who are positive in LA County is now at an all time low of 8.5%; in comparison, New York City’s positivity rate is currently 28%. The increase we see in our number of cases is because we have increased the number of people we are testing, and this is a good thing. We are testing more people per capita in LA County than the state of California, the state of Washington, the state of Georgia, the United States, and Seattle King-County. Our increased testing capacity allows for quicker identification, treatment, and isolation of people who are positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts; this helps reduce the spread of the virus.”
A new Health Officer Order issued yesterday replaced the previous Health Officer Order and allows for the reopening of beach bike paths and parking lots, indoor mall curbside service, and select vehicle parades Retailers remain closed to public entry along with beach piers, and public and private gatherings of any number of people outside of a single household unit are still not permitted. The Health Officer Order also continues to require specific higher-risk businesses to remain closed and prohibit dining in at restaurants. Restaurants are still allowed to serve food to customer via delivery, take-out or drive-thru. Everyone must continue to follow distancing and infection control protocols, stay at least six feet apart and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when in contact with other people not in your household.
Because there is a 14-day incubation period for COVID-19, the actions everyone takes today will impact where numbers are in two or three weeks. LA County is in stage two of the five-stage Roadmap to Recovery and until the final stage five is reached, Health Officer Orders and directives will continue to ensure that we slow spread of COVID-19 to prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities.
Of the total number of positive cases of COVID-19, as of May 23, 897 cases have been reported in the City of Glendale, 48 in La Cañada Flintridge, 159 cases in Eagle Rock, ten cases in Shadow Hills, 127 in Sunland and 108 in Tujunga. In the unincorporated areas of LA County, 135 cases reported in Altadena and La Crescenta Montrose reported 26 cases.
Three hundred and two residential congregate settings with one or more positive cases of COVID-19. Below is a list of those facilities that have reported positive cases and some have reported deaths due to COVID-19.
Eagle Rock:
Ararat Convalescent Hospital with 16 staff members confirmed with
COVID-19, six residents and three deaths due to COVID-19.
Glendale:
Chandler Convalescent Hospital reported eight staff members confirmed with COVID-19, 27 residents and five deaths due to COVID-19.
Glendale Healthcare Center reported ten staff members, ten residents and three deaths.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center D/P SNF, one staff member, one resident and zero deaths.
Glendale Post Acute Care Center with 23 staff members, 48 residents and nine deaths.
Glenhaven Healthcare with 15 staff members, 19 residents and five deahts.
Glenoaks Convalescent Hospital with nine staff members, 53 residents and nine deaths.
Griffith Park Health Care Center with one staff member, two residents and zero deaths.
Leisure Glen Post Acute Care Center with 31 staff members, 65 residents and four deaths.
Leisure Vale Retirement Home with zero staff members, three residents and zero deaths.
Park Paseo Independent Living with zero staff members, four residents and one death.
La Crescenta:
La Crescenta Healthcare Center with 14 staff members testing positive for COVID-19, 15 residents and two deaths.
Montrose:
Montrose Healthcare Center with 21 staff members testing positive for COVID-19, 34 residents and 11 deaths due to COVID-19.
Montrose Springs Skilled Nursing and Wellness Center with 14 staff members, 15 residents and two deaths.
Sunland:
High Valley Lodge with two staff members with COVID-19, one resident and one death due to COVID-19.
New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with 37 staff members, 45 residents and ten deaths.
Shadow Hills Convalescent Hospital with 11 staff members, eight residents and five deaths.
Tujunga:
North Valley Nursing Center with zero staff members testing positive for COVID-19, one resident testing positive and zero deaths.
Oakpark Healthcare Center with 16 staff members, 15 residents and six deaths.