LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Monday confirmed 18 more deaths due to the coronavirus, along with 477 new cases.
To date (May 18), Public Health has identified 38,451 positive cases and 1,839 deaths in Los Angeles County, including 576 cases and 13 deaths in Palmdale; 480 cases and eight deaths in Lancaster; 31 cases and seven deaths in Quartz Hill; 27 cases and two deaths in Lake Los Angeles; 31 cases and no deaths in the Littlerock/Pearblossom, Juniper Hills areas; and 10 cases and no deaths in Sun Village. View the latest detailed report here.
The numbers of new cases and deaths tend to be lower on Mondays, due to the reduced availability of testing and results over the weekend.
Last week, the county relaxed some of its health restrictions, authorizing most retail businesses in the county to reopen with curbside pickup only and restrictions on face coverings and social distancing.
Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, tried to strike a positive tone about the large numbers of residents and businesses that adhered to continuing health restrictions over the weekend, but said there were problems.
“Over weekend, our inspectors visited over 1,600 businesses, and we found that over 1,000 businesses were not yet in compliance with the Safer At Home directives,” she said. “We worked with all of the businesses so they could implement these measures and we want to thank them for following the orders and keeping their employees and their customers as safe as possible.”
She noted that with more amenities open, it was likely that more than 1 million people left their homes over the weekend, and with an estimated countywide infection rate of about 4%, as many as 40,000 of those people could have been infected with COVID-19, regardless of whether they were showing any symptoms.
“So you can see why we do stand here every day and we tell you why it’s so important for us to continue to slow the spread,” Ferrer said. “As more and more people are about, it’s very easy to have a scenario where there’s more infections. And having more infections results in overwhelming the health care system. But I do know that if we do our part, if we are able to keep our distance, if we use our face coverings when we’re around other people, it made a difference before and it will make a difference as we move through the future.”
Ferrer said a survey of local medical facilities has uncovered a total of four cases in the county of a condition in children potentially linked to the coronavirus, known as pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, or PIMS. Another 21 “suspect cases” of the condition have been identified since March 1.
All four of the county’s cases appear to have occurred at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, which confirmed last week a fourth patient. The hospital reported three cases of the condition earlier this month, and all three of those patients — between the ages of 8 months and 2 years old — have since been discharged. The fourth patient was being treated as of last week, listed in critical condition.
CHLA officials have said the four patients all tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, indicating that they were infected with the coronavirus at some point, prompting speculation that PIMS could be a delayed response by the body to the illness.
An interactive dashboard is available that provides comprehensive information on COVID-19 cases and deaths, along with maps and graphs showing data by city and community. To view Public Health’s COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard, visit: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/
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COVID-20 says
What ever happened to Tim Scott?
Did he die of the CIA/Mossad-flu?
Trumpist#1 says
He probably got tired of arguing with morons on this site. I know I do. Tim is one of the more interesting commenters here and the reason I first started posting. I met him for coffee once and found him to be personable and intelligent. I don’t agree with some of his politics, but consider him a friend.
William says
“morons” you say, Trumpist/Zero? He argued with you.
Sheesh.
Trumpist#1 says
LOLOL. Good one.
At least we still have you. And I mean that in a good way.
William says
You always step on your own rake dontcah, Trumpist/Zero?
William says
He didn’t argue with me here, Trumpist/Zero
Buster says
From the article;
LA County – 38,451 positive cases and 1,839 deaths
Palmdale – 576 cases and 13 deaths
Lancaster 480 cases and eight deaths in Lancaster
Quartz Hill – 31 cases and seven deaths
Lake LA – 27 cases and two deaths in Lake Los Angeles
Littlerock/Pearblossom/Juniper Hills – 31 cases and no deaths
Sun Village – No deaths
So
LA County 1839 ÷ 38451 = 0.047827104626668 = 4.7827104626668%
Palmdale 13 ÷ 576 = 0.022569444444444 = 2.2569444444444%
Lancaster 8 ÷ 480 = 0.016666666666667 = 1.6666666666667%
Lake LA 2 ÷ 27 = 0.074074074074074 = 7.4074074074074%
Quartz Hill 7 ÷ 31 = 0.2258064516129 = 22.58064516129%
Littlerock/Pearblossom/Juniper Hills – 31 cases and no deaths
Sun Village No deaths
So, according to this article there were 61 deaths in the AV….out of 1145 cases, or 5.3%, and trending downward.
94.5% in the Av have recovered….which is high relative to the average or the entire country. This will end up being
< 2%
What you're not being told is that many (most) are elderly and/or have serious underlying health issues. That's sad for those who have died and their families and we should take basic precautions.
Yet good 'ol Gavin in Sacramento still wants people to lose their businesses and consequently their homes. The lunacy is through the roof here in California
William says
Hey, Buster
Did you not notice what happened to Italy before they got a handle on the virus?
Sheesh. That’s what it looks like before Italy shut down and famous sites were empty of people.
But, you just go ahead and mingle. Someone else will post the stats that include you as DEAD. The universe doesn’t care but Gov. Newsome values life more than your casual dining experience.
Glad you aren’t in charge of anything.
Buster says
Hey William…did you not notice that that didn’t happen here?
You jump up and down and panic of you want to, leave me out of it.
You stay home for a year. It’s better that you stay out of the population. Take two years…
William says
Wow, Buster. That was some snappy comeback.
Yeah, you hang out at your favorite bar and regale them with your wit.
Bet I outlive you.
Buster says
@”William”
What man uses the term”sheesh”? :)
Wrap yourself in bubble wrap but leave a hole for your mouth so that you can perform a valuable service for society, honey.
Hide under your bed paranoid lunatic….Hide!
William says
We here in the Antelope Valley had the benefit of other places like Italy and New York dealing with the devastating effects of COVID-19 and began “social distancing early on. And, it WORKED.
Had we waited, it would have been devasting here too. But, that’s too complicated for ya, Buster.
Is there intelligent life under your roof? Not that we can tell.
Go ahead, Buster. Mingle up close and personal. You’ll prove Darwin right and the universe doesn’t care what happens to you.
SHEESH!!! (They won’t post the word I’d like to use in your case)
AV resident says
Thank you for breaking that down. I do appreciate your effort. This just corroborates what the doctors in Bakersfield were saying that the mortality rate is significantly low and infections are decreasing. One factor that remains though is the unknown—no one knows exactly how it will affect them should they contract it. Yes the elderly and the vulnerable seem to have it worse, but there are also cases of younger and healthy people also having serious conditions. I think this is the important factor to keep in mind. However, I’m with the people who think opening businesses with precautions and safety protocols is needed. If anyone who becomes infected are conscientious and quarantine until they are negative, they won’t infect anyone else. Likewise, if we wear our masks as we conduct our business every day, we have less chances of spreading it.
Chris N says
So does this mean there are no new cases in our area? And no deaths?
The “to date” data doesn’t reflect what the trend is doing unless you can remember what previous days counts were.
What would be so much better would be how many have contracted vs how many have recovered and how many deaths.
Danny says
Great job on the everyday COVID article with numbers for Lancaster, Palmdale and surrounding cities in AV. Can you publish recovery numbers as well? Its always good to get numbers for overall COVID cases in AV, but would be great if we could get number of cases/patients that recovered. Thank you so much and again good job!
AV resident says
THANK YOU for asking that. I think at this point the only thing that surprises me is how cases in the AV seemingly jump about 100 each week, sometimes in a day. I would be curious to know where these people are getting infected. With all the staying at home and other precautions in place why aren’t these numbers decreasing?!!! I do agree that we need to know how many people are recovering.
AV resident says
To start keeping track of the numbers, I started taking screen shots of the numbers and so far, they’ve been the same for the past three days. That sounds good considering they were increasing daily. I’m glad that we’ve been stable and there haven’t been any new infections; that are counted at least. I hope this downward trend continues and this virus is gone soon. The only way to do that is if we continue working together!