Culver City Observer -

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 (U.K. variant), totaling 14 cases in Los Angeles County.

This variant is known to spread more easily and quickly than other variants and is circulating in the state and county. In January 2021, scientists from U.K. reported evidence that suggests the B.1.1.7 variant may be associated with an increased risk of death compared with other variants. More studies are needed to confirm this finding. It is crucial for everyone to keep at least six feet of distance from others and to wear a mask whenever around people that don't live with them. These measures limit the spread of the virus and known variants and can reduce the likelihood of a surge in cases due to this variant.

Today, Public Health has confirmed 136 new deaths and 2,393 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,179,063 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 19,793 deaths.

Residents under 50 years old make up 64% of the new COVID-19 cases reported today, with residents between the ages of 18 to 49 years old driving most of these cases. Residents 65 and older old make up just 15% of new cases but make up 71% of the reported deaths.

Of the 136 new deaths reported today, 43 people that passed away were over the age of 80, 54 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, 23 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, five people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49, and three people who died were between the ages of 18 and 29. Five deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach and three deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena.

COVID-19 transmission remains widespread here in L.A. County, and variant cases are increasing. It is very important that if you are even mildly sick or think you were exposed to someone with COVID-19 that you stay home and away from other people, especially those at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, and that you consider being tested for COVID-19. This is essential to prevent you from unintentionally spreading COVID-19 to other people.

"I send my sincere condolences to the families and friends experiencing the loss of a loved one to COVID-19," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. "With the U.K. variant circulating in the County, we will likely see more variant cases identified in the County. We must remain diligent with our safety measures even though we see overall decreases in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Let's keep our guard up because we know letting our guard down will lead to more cases and, tragically, more deaths again."

There are 2,498 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these people are in the ICU. Testing results are available for more than 5,750,000 individuals with 19% of people testing positive. Today's daily test positivity rate is 3.8%.

COVID-19 vaccine supply remains very limited. For information about vaccine appointments in L.A. County and when your turn is coming up, to sign up for a vaccination newsletter, and much more, visit: http://www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and http://www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish).

County Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and additional actions you can take to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Please see additional information below:

Total Cases

Laboratory Confirmed Cases 1179063

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)* 1117597

-- Long Beach 50724

-- Pasadena 10742

Deaths 19793

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 18688

-- Long Beach 802

-- Pasadena 303

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

- 0 to 4 22005

- 5 to 11 53362

- 12 to 17 66824

- 18 to 29 264339

- 30 to 49 371478

- 50 to 64 215549

- 65 to 79 86044

- over 80 31204

- Under Investigation 6792

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

- Female 566443

- Male 529019

- Other 514

- Under Investigation 21621

Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

- American Indian/Alaska Native 1929

- Asian 49992

- Black 39859

- Hispanic/Latino 539576

- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 4126

- White 112846

- Other 107631

- Under Investigation 261638

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

- Hospitalized (Ever) 70882

Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

- American Indian/Alaska Native 36

- Asian 2398

- Black 1457

- Hispanic/Latino 9822

- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 91

- White 4283

- Other 393

- Under Investigation 208

CITY / COMMUNITY** Cases Case Rate

City of Agoura Hills 951 4554

City of Alhambra 6567 7572

City of Arcadia 2551 4417

City of Artesia 1953 11628

City of Avalon 14 362

City of Azusa 6056 12102

City of Baldwin Park 12688 16528

City of Bell 6521 17948

City of Bell Gardens 8003 18581

City of Bellflower 10259 13197

City of Beverly Hills 2411 6984

City of Bradbury 34 3181

City of Burbank 8098 7556

City of Calabasas 1113 4576

City of Carson 8924 9509

City of Cerritos 2839 5670

City of Claremont 2166 5937

City of Commerce* 2322 17767

City of Compton 16160 16176

City of Covina 6182 12608

City of Cudahy 4633 19029

City of Culver City 2056 5157

City of Diamond Bar 3061 5322

City of Downey 16788 14692

City of Duarte 2216 10065

City of El Monte 16695 14236

City of El Segundo 634 3777

City of Gardena 5963 9726

City of Glendale 18237 8832

City of Glendora 4545 8614

City of Hawaiian Gardens 2141 14588

City of Hawthorne 9826 11067

City of Hermosa Beach 878 4464

City of Hidden Hills 78 4127

City of Huntington Park 10823 18195

City of Industry 164 37529

City of Inglewood 12889 11348

City of Irwindale 246 16861

City of La Canada Flintridge 692 3344

City of La Habra Heights 99 1815

City of La Mirada 4035 8135

City of La Puente 6443 15832

City of La Verne 2690 8082

City of Lakewood 6827 8495

City of Lancaster* 20815 12883

City of Lawndale 3319 9874

City of Lomita 1313 6334

City of Lynwood* 12800 17766

City of Malibu 343 2646

City of Manhattan Beach 1184 3289

City of Maywood 5027 17922

City of Monrovia 3042 7840

City of Montebello 9813 15243

City of Monterey Park 4595 7380

City of Norwalk 15408 14317

City of Palmdale 23383 14709

City of Palos Verdes Estates 384 2840

City of Paramount 9542 17032

City of Pico Rivera 10666 16592

City of Pomona 23614 15144

City of Rancho Palos Verdes 1298 3036

City of Redondo Beach 2489 3623

City of Rolling Hills 47 2423

City of Rolling Hills Estates 246 3032

City of Rosemead 4715 8519

City of San Dimas* 3032 8784

City of San Fernando 5044 20494

City of San Gabriel 3075 7508

City of San Marino 353 2659

City of Santa Clarita 18699 8483

City of Santa Fe Springs 2700 14703

City of Santa Monica 4231 4577

City of Sierra Madre 441 4013

City of Signal Hill 1082 9172

City of South El Monte 3312 15858

City of South Gate 17986 18324

City of South Pasadena 1248 4790

City of Temple City 2253 6180

City of Torrance 6561 4395

City of Vernon 123 58852

City of Walnut 1686 5522

City of West Covina 12279 11345

City of West Hollywood 2083 5637

City of Westlake Village 100 1196

City of Whittier 10567 12086

Los Angeles 477815 11814

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie 1138 13875

Los Angeles - Alsace 1517 12190

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest 5 12500

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights 272 10871

Los Angeles - Arleta 6796 19773

Los Angeles - Atwater Village 1342 9150

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills 2579 8286

Los Angeles - Bel Air 355 4212

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest 572 4567

Los Angeles - Beverlywood 817 6202

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights* 17020 19589

Los Angeles - Brentwood 1358 4387

Los Angeles - Brookside 31 5336

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning 662 9296

Los Angeles - Canoga Park 8911 13649

Los Angeles - Carthay 869 6050

Los Angeles - Central 7266 18635

Los Angeles - Century City 560 4378

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove 5969 17678

Los Angeles - Chatsworth 3454 9320

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills 416 4536

Los Angeles - Chinatown 689 8590

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran 1523 10465

Los Angeles - Country Club Park 1479 9760

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District 1377 9957

Los Angeles - Crestview 936 8234

Los Angeles - Del Rey 1865 6230

Los Angeles - Downtown* 3722 13531

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock 3514 8876

Los Angeles - East Hollywood 3072 10489

Los Angeles - Echo Park 1281 8986

Los Angeles - El Sereno 6036 14437

Los Angeles - Elysian Park 486 8508

Los Angeles - Elysian Valley 1255 12339

Los Angeles - Encino 3187 7055

Los Angeles - Exposition 343 10313

Los Angeles - Exposition Park 5891 13115

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights 230 6389

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square 1316 15090

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone 9002 18974

Los Angeles - Glassell Park 3309 10470

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place 1250 11613

Los Angeles - Granada Hills 6103 10488

Los Angeles - Green Meadows 3792 17633

Los Angeles - Hancock Park 957 5617

Los Angeles - Harbor City 2315 7964

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway 4634 10628

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines 158 6559

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights 2493 13823

Los Angeles - Harvard Park 6833 18012

Los Angeles - Highland Park 5569 11508

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown 1981 14283

Los Angeles - Hollywood 5105 7479

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills 1375 4671

Los Angeles - Hyde Park 3502 12270

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park 1129 13985

Los Angeles - Koreatown 5363 10375

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square 505 11077

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa 5138 12174

Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace 2242 17071

Los Angeles - Leimert Park 1503 9865

Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights 4971 15250

Los Angeles - Little Armenia 1101 13720

Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh 2654 9364

Los Angeles - Little Tokyo 373 11906

Los Angeles - Longwood 565 13127

Los Angeles - Los Feliz 985 4558

Los Angeles - Manchester Square 890 10426

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon 132 4225

Los Angeles - Mar Vista 1869 4401

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula 132 3028

Los Angeles - Melrose 7669 9871

Los Angeles - Mid-city 1132 7532

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile 881 4899

Los Angeles - Mission Hills 4101 17000

Los Angeles - Mt. Washington 2779 11510

Los Angeles - North Hills 8897 14449

Los Angeles - North Hollywood 19585 12934

Los Angeles - Northridge 7129 10214

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades 723 3396

Los Angeles - Pacoima 16598 21562

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands 129 3354

Los Angeles - Palms 2445 5572

Los Angeles - Panorama City 12889 17128

Los Angeles - Park La Brea 544 4006

Los Angeles - Pico-Union 6849 16369

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey 100 3129

Los Angeles - Playa Vista 545 4979

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch 2275 6393

Los Angeles - Rancho Park 330 5030

Los Angeles - Regent Square 230 8273

Los Angeles - Reseda 11003 14361

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch 636 13719

Los Angeles - Reynier Village 248 5866

Los Angeles - San Pedro* 6670 8547

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills 365 8217

Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks 5318 6095

Los Angeles - Silverlake 3006 6819

Los Angeles - South Carthay 652 6154

Los Angeles - South Park 7117 18748

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village 667 14551

Los Angeles - Studio City 1222 5446

Los Angeles - Sun Valley 8949 17051

Los Angeles - Sunland 2151 10540

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square 27 4173

Los Angeles - Sylmar* 15398 18687

Los Angeles - Tarzana 3166 10254

Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry 4839 12256

Los Angeles - Thai Town 838 8543

Los Angeles - Toluca Lake 456 5239

Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace 130 9954

Los Angeles - Toluca Woods 96 5167

Los Angeles - Tujunga 2670 9601

Los Angeles - University Hills 259 7553

Los Angeles - University Park 3285 11965

Los Angeles - Valley Glen 3623 12070

Los Angeles - Valley Village 1869 7561

Los Angeles - Van Nuys* 13969 14989

Los Angeles - Venice 1457 4300

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls 2729 15866

Los Angeles - Vermont Square 1416 18493

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista 7239 17576

Los Angeles - Vernon Central 10729 20633

Los Angeles - Victoria Park 1019 12132

Los Angeles - View Heights 214 5793

Los Angeles - Watts 7191 16851

Los Angeles - Wellington Square 541 11007

Los Angeles - West Adams 3819 13822

Los Angeles - West Hills 2833 6987

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles 2168 5760

Los Angeles - West Vernon 9775 18222

Los Angeles - Westchester 2280 4418

Los Angeles - Westlake 7395 12459

Los Angeles - Westwood 2395 4426

Los Angeles - Wholesale District* 6112 16917

Los Angeles - Wilmington 7938 14053

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center 5348 10660

Los Angeles - Winnetka 6435 12426

Los Angeles - Woodland Hills 4612 6777

Unincorporated - Acton 430 5395

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce 249 5988

Unincorporated - Altadena 3099 7105

Unincorporated - Anaverde 140 9284

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest 31 2490

Unincorporated - Arcadia 588 7367

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont 6061 14281

Unincorporated - Athens Village 1021 20849

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights 1047 15454

Unincorporated - Azusa 2272 14269

Unincorporated - Bassett 2544 17169

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon 43 4007

Unincorporated - Bradbury 52 48148

Unincorporated - Canyon Country 765 9899

Unincorporated - Castaic* 3539 13015

Unincorporated - Cerritos 71 12095

Unincorporated - Charter Oak 0 0

Unincorporated - Claremont 40 5698

Unincorporated - Covina 2239 13312

Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak) 1477 11237

Unincorporated - Del Aire 277 6305

Unincorporated - Del Rey 23 7233

Unincorporated - Del Sur 159 6584

Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands 327 13117

Unincorporated - Duarte 818 18473

Unincorporated - East Covina 34 10334

Unincorporated - East La Mirada 476 8995

Unincorporated - East Lancaster 15 13158

Unincorporated - East Los Angeles 24312 19408

Unincorporated - East Pasadena 194 3030

Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez 2675 17475

Unincorporated - East Whittier 439 8274

Unincorporated - El Camino Village 777 8839

Unincorporated - El Monte 23 15862

Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake 74 4455

Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone 13151 20325

Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon 1 8333

Unincorporated - Glendora 61 9242

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights 5011 8960

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway 0 0

Unincorporated - Hawthorne 304 12092

Unincorporated - Hi Vista 42 3825

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons 208 14731

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose 1003 5065

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights 13 1923

Unincorporated - La Rambla 239 11518

Unincorporated - La Verne* 153 7500

Unincorporated - Ladera Heights 356 5035

Unincorporated - Lake Hughes 40 5988

Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles 1498 11528

Unincorporated - Lake Manor 126 7669

Unincorporated - Lakewood 0 0

Unincorporated - Lennox 3372 14959

Unincorporated - Leona Valley 107 6111

Unincorporated - Littlerock 500 12435

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills 106 8173

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom 497 13925

Unincorporated - Llano 36 4105

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey 330 3507

Unincorporated - Miracle Mile 0 0

Unincorporated - Monrovia 354 9121

Unincorporated - Newhall 66 30000

Unincorporated - North Lancaster 142 11853

Unincorporated - North Whittier 1076 12871

Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel 1561 6494

Unincorporated - Padua Hills 9 4186

Unincorporated - Palmdale 109 12945

Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula 20 3221

Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano 113 5777

Unincorporated - Pellissier Village 160 25848

Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon 0 0

Unincorporated - Pomona 60 3096

Unincorporated - Quartz Hill 1111 8608

Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez 364 13679

Unincorporated - Roosevelt 81 8700

Unincorporated - Rosewood 148 11509

Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena 149 12490

Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez 482 14341

Unincorporated - Rowland Heights 3485 6830

Unincorporated - San Clemente Island 0 0

Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon 14 1632

Unincorporated - San Jose Hills 3394 16785

Unincorporated - San Pasqual 33 1622

Unincorporated - Sand Canyon 15 4870

Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island 162 60674

Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains* 559 3002

Unincorporated - Saugus 131 84516

Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country 38 10674

Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley 25 5495

Unincorporated - South El Monte 338 18830

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel 884 9991

Unincorporated - South Whittier 7960 13441

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley 72 9219

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch 1023 4879

Unincorporated - Sun Village 894 14811

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village 185 14275

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain 82 4946

Unincorporated - Val Verde 305 9217

Unincorporated - Valencia 172 5599

Unincorporated - Valinda 3594 15378

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills 644 5535

Unincorporated - Walnut Park 2971 18404

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley 47 3111

Unincorporated - West Carson 2019 9142

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth 2 16667

Unincorporated - West LA 213 22374

Unincorporated - West Puente Valley 1649 16767

Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez 176 12951

Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos 4056 15064

Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills 34 2615

Unincorporated - Westhills 42 5006

Unincorporated - White Fence Farms 252 6842

Unincorporated - Whittier 300 7928

Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows 13 108333

Unincorporated - Willowbrook 5768 16521

Unincorporated - Wiseburn 485 8047

- Under Investigation 20557

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 102 cases and 5 deaths previously reported were not in Public Health's jurisdiction.

*Means that case numbers include cases associated with correctional facility outbreaks located in the city/community.

**Rate is crude and is per 100,000. This represents the number of cases per 100,000 people and allows for the proportional comparison of cities of different sizes.

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://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

• World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

• LA County residents can also call 2-1-1