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Media Contact: [email protected] - (213) 240-8144 For Immediate Release: March 28, 2020 Los Angeles County Announces Six New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 344 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed six new deaths and 344 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All of the five deaths reported yesterday occurred in people over the age of 60 who had underlying health conditions. Additional information regarding some of the new cases is pending further investigation. Over the last 48 hours, there have been 601 new cases. To date, Public Health has identified 1804 cases across all areas of LA County, including 32 deaths. Upon further investigation, three cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 398 positive cases (22% of positive cases) have been hospitalized. On March 27, a Health Officer Order was issued to temporarily close all beaches and hiking trails throughout the entire County due to recent dramatic increases in COVID-19 cases, and increased usage of beaches and hiking trails by many groups of people. It is imperative that everyone, collectively, take action to slow the spread of COVID-19. County and City Parks may remain open for passive recreational activities. Persons using the parks are required to practice social distancing at all times. The Order will continue through April 19. “We are sad to announce six additional deaths from COVID-19 today,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Los Angeles County Public Health Director. “More than ever, it is crucial that we practice social distancing, and if we are sick, even with mild illness, we make every effort to self-isolate from others for at least 7 days. Those who have been in close contact with a person who is positive for COVID-19 should self-quarantine for 14 days. Please do your part to not infect others or become infected yourself by adhering to the public health directives and practicing social distancing whenever you do go outside. If we all commit

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Media Contact: [email protected] - (213) 240-8144

For Immediate Release: March 28, 2020

Los Angeles County Announces Six New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

344 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed six new deaths and 344 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All of the five deaths reported yesterday occurred in people over the age of 60 who had underlying health conditions. Additional information regarding some of the new cases is pending further investigation. Over the last 48 hours, there have been 601 new cases.

To date, Public Health has identified 1804 cases across all areas of LA County, including 32 deaths. Upon further investigation, three cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 398 positive cases (22% of positive cases) have been hospitalized.

On March 27, a Health Officer Order was issued to temporarily close all beaches and hiking trails throughout the entire County due to recent dramatic increases in COVID-19 cases, and increased usage of beaches and hiking trails by many groups of people. It is imperative that everyone, collectively, take action to slow the spread of COVID-19. County and City Parks may remain open for passive recreational activities. Persons using the parks are required to practice social distancing at all times. The Order will continue through April 19.

“We are sad to announce six additional deaths from COVID-19 today,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Los Angeles County Public Health Director. “More than ever, it is crucial that we practice social distancing, and if we are sick, even with mild illness, we make every effort to self-isolate from others for at least 7 days. Those who have been in close contact with a person who is positive for COVID-19 should self-quarantine for 14 days. Please do your part to not infect others or become infected yourself by adhering to the public health directives and practicing social distancing whenever you do go outside. If we all commit

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ourselves to stay home, stay away from others when sick, and stay 6 feet apart when out, we will save lives. "

Public Health has issued the following guidance for people with mild illness during this time of increased spread:

• If you are mildly sick, stay home for at least seven days and until 72 hours after being fever and symptom free. 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.

Additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Please see the locations were cases have occurred:

Total Cases

Laboratory Confirmed Cases 1804

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 1720*

-- Long Beach 75

-- Pasadena 9

Deaths 32

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 31

-- Long Beach 1

-- Pasadena 0

Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

- 0 to 17 27

- 18 to 40 674

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- 41 to 65 676

- over 65 343

Hospitalization

- Hospitalized (Ever) 398

CITY / COMMUNITY**

City of Agoura Hills 9

City of Alhambra 10

City of Arcadia 8

City of Artesia --

City of Avalon 0

City of Azusa 1

City of Baldwin Park 0

City of Bell 5

City of Bell Gardens 1

City of Bellflower 12

City of Beverly Hills 21

City of Bradbury 0

City of Burbank 17

City of Calabasas 10

City of Carson 26

City of Cerritos 1

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City of Claremont 1

City of Commerce 0

City of Compton 9

City of Covina 3

City of Cudahy --

City of Culver City 7

City of Diamond Bar 2

City of Downey 18

City of Duarte --

City of El Monte 0

City of El Segundo --

City of Gardena 6

City of Glendale 36

City of Glendora 4

City of Hawaiian Gardens --

City of Hawthorne 11

City of Hermosa Beach --

City of Hidden Hills 0

City of Huntington Park 2

City of Industry 0

City of Inglewood 14

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City of Irwindale 0

City of La Canada Flintridge 7

City of La Habra Heights 0

City of La Mirada 6

City of La Puente 2

City of La Verne 1

City of Lakewood 11

City of Lancaster 19

City of Lawndale 3

City of Lomita --

City of Long Beach 0

City of Lynwood 13

City of Malibu --

City of Manhattan Beach 23

City of Maywood 2

City of Monrovia 4

City of Montebello 3

City of Monterey Park 5

City of Norwalk 12

City of Palmdale 6

City of Palos Verdes Estates 14

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City of Paramount 5

City of Pasadena 0

City of Pico Rivera 5

City of Pomona 4

City of Rancho Palos Verdes 8

City of Redondo Beach 24

City of Rolling Hills 0

City of Rolling Hills Estates --

City of Rosemead 1

City of San Dimas 2

City of San Fernando 0

City of San Gabriel 6

City of San Marino --

City of Santa Clarita 32

City of Santa Fe Springs 0

City of Santa Monica 38

City of Sierra Madre 0

City of Signal Hill --

City of South El Monte 0

City of South Gate 11

City of South Pasadena 3

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City of Temple City 1

City of Torrance 32

City of Vernon 0

City of Walnut 2

City of West Covina 5

City of West Hollywood 50

City of Westlake Village 0

City of Whittier 6

City of Los Angeles 839

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie --

Los Angeles - Alsace --

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest 0

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights 0

Los Angeles - Arleta 4

Los Angeles - Atwater Village --

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills 7

Los Angeles - Bel Air 8

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest 17

Los Angeles - Beverlywood 10

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights 8

Los Angeles - Brentwood 31

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Los Angeles - Brookside 0

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning 0

Los Angeles - Canoga Park 3

Los Angeles - Carthay 9

Los Angeles - Central 3

Los Angeles - Century City 8

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove 5

Los Angeles - Chatsworth 4

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills --

Los Angeles - Chinatown 0

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran --

Los Angeles - Country Club Park --

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District --

Los Angeles - Crestview 9

Los Angeles - Del Rey 10

Los Angeles - Downtown 9

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock 8

Los Angeles - East Hollywood 5

Los Angeles - Echo Park --

Los Angeles - El Sereno 1

Los Angeles - Elysian Park --

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Los Angeles - Elysian Valley --

Los Angeles - Encino 26

Los Angeles - Exposition 0

Los Angeles - Exposition Park 4

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights 0

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square 0

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone 6

Los Angeles - Glassell Park 7

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place --

Los Angeles - Granada Hills 8

Los Angeles - Green Meadows --

Los Angeles - Hancock Park 17

Los Angeles - Harbor City 1

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway 4

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines 0

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights --

Los Angeles - Harvard Park 2

Los Angeles - Highland Park 6

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown 0

Los Angeles - Hollywood 38

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills 23

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Los Angeles - Hyde Park 2

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park 0

Los Angeles - Koreatown 10

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square --

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa 6

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 5

Los Angeles - Manchester Square --

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon --

Los Angeles - Mar Vista 8

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula --

Los Angeles - Melrose 56

Los Angeles - Mid-city 8

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile 8

Los Angeles - Mission Hills 5

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Los Angeles - Mt. Washington --

Los Angeles - North Hills 2

Los Angeles - North Hollywood 26

Los Angeles - Northridge 8

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades 11

Los Angeles - Pacoima 3

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands 0

Los Angeles - Palms 15

Los Angeles - Panorama City 4

Los Angeles - Park La Brea --

Los Angeles - Pico-Union 4

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey --

Los Angeles - Playa Vista 5

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch 3

Los Angeles - Rancho Park --

Los Angeles - Regent Square 0

Los Angeles - Reseda 11

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch --

Los Angeles - Reynier Village --

Los Angeles - San Pedro 9

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills --

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Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks 25

Los Angeles - Silverlake 14

Los Angeles - South Carthay 5

Los Angeles - South Park 4

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village 0

Los Angeles - Studio City 10

Los Angeles - Sun Valley 5

Los Angeles - Sunland --

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square 0

Los Angeles - Sylmar 8

Los Angeles - Tarzana 19

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 5

Los Angeles - Valley Glen 3

Los Angeles - Valley Village 14

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Los Angeles - Van Nuys 6

Los Angeles - Venice 13

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls --

Los Angeles - Vermont Square --

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista 3

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 7

Los Angeles - West Hills 5

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles 13

Los Angeles - West Vernon 8

Los Angeles - Westchester 12

Los Angeles - Westlake 2

Los Angeles - Westwood 17

Los Angeles - Wholesale District 11

Los Angeles - Wilmington 7

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center 4

Los Angeles - Winnetka 8

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Los Angeles - Woodland Hills 18

Unincorporated - Acton 0

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce 0

Unincorporated - Altadena 10

Unincorporated - Anaverde 0

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest 0

Unincorporated - Arcadia 0

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont 7

Unincorporated - Athens Village 0

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights 0

Unincorporated - Azusa 0

Unincorporated - Bandini Islands 0

Unincorporated - Bassett 0

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon 0

Unincorporated - Bradbury 0

Unincorporated - Canyon Country --

Unincorporated - Castaic 4

Unincorporated - Cerritos 0

Unincorporated - Charter Oak 0

Unincorporated - Claremont 0

Unincorporated - Covina --

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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 8

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 - Franklin Canyon 0

Unincorporated - Glendora 0

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights 2

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway 0

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Unincorporated - Hawthorne --

Unincorporated - Hi Vista 0

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons 0

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose 0

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights 0

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 - Lynwood 0

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey --

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Unincorporated - Miracle Mile 0

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 Clemente Island 0

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Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon 0

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 Edwards 0

Unincorporated - South El Monte 0

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel 0

Unincorporated - South Whittier 5

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley 0

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch --

Unincorporated - Sun Village 0

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village 0

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain 0

Unincorporated - Universal City 0

Unincorporated - Val Verde 0

Unincorporated - Valencia --

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Unincorporated - Valinda --

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills 0

Unincorporated - Walnut 0

Unincorporated - Walnut Park 0

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley 0

Unincorporated - West Carson 6

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth 0

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 - Whittier Narrows 0

Unincorporated - Willowbrook 1

Unincorporated - Wiseburn --

- Under Investigation 154

*These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation; three previously reported cases were not in Public Health's jurisdiction.

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**-- means that case numbers are suppressed (between 1 and 4 cases in communities <25,000 people).

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/

• California Department of Public Health: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Spanish https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index-sp.html

• World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus • LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

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