In West Hollywood, the growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 infections seems to have flattened since April 24. From that date to today, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department has reported only one to two new infections each day in WeHo, and on some days none. As of today, a total of 146 West Hollywood residents are confirmed to have been infected with the virus, an increase of two from yesterday’s count.
In March and early April there were bigger daily jumps in the number of confirmed infections, with an increase of eight on March 24 and 28 and April 1 and 4 and an increase of 10 on March 7. The leveling of the number of daily infections may reflect increased adherence by local residents to social distancing rules, although that can’t be confirmed.
The number of confirmed infections reported each day from all of Los Angeles County hasn’t flattened as much as it has in West Hollywood. That is illustrated in the chart below based on data from the Public Health Department’s online database.
Yesterday was the launch of the beginning Stage Two of the state’s five-stage “roadmap to recovery,” which describes a phased approach to relaxing select directives of the state Safer at Home order and a reopening process for certain business sectors. As of yesterday, bookstores, florists, music stores, toy stores, apparel retailers, sporting goods stores, and car dealerships could open for business, but for curbside pickup only. Golf courses and most hiking trails have opened today (Runyon Canyon, however, will remain closed.)
Later in Stage Two the state is expected to allow the reopening of offices for businesses whose employees cannot work from home, to allow seated dining at restaurants and to allow the opening of shopping malls and outdoor museum. However, those openings aren’t yet certain and no specific date has been set.
Counties can move farther along into Stage Two if they meet certain state public health criteria, which Los Angeles County is unlikely to meet soon. That criteria includes having no more than on COVID-19 infection case per 10,000 people in last 14 days and no related deaths during that period, being able to test a minimum of 1.5 of every 1,000 residents each day, and being able to house at least 15% of the county’s homeless residents.
Los Angeles County, which a population of 10 million, has accounted for more than half California’s more than 2,500 virus deaths.
In its report today, the Health Department said there have been 1,011 new confirmed COVID-19 infections countywide, bringing the total to 31,197. There have been 44 new deaths, bringing that total to 1,512. Four West Hollywood residents have died thus far.
Thirty-four people who died were over the age of 65 and seven were between the ages of 41 and 65. One person who died was between the ages of 18 and 40. Twenty-nine people had underlying health conditions including 25 people over the age of 65 and four people between the ages of 41 to 65.
The Health Department’s COVID-19 database continues to report that only 704 West Hollywood residents have been tested for the virus, which, as WEHOville has reported earlier, is almost certainly inaccurate since that figure has not been updated for several weeks. The Health Department has expanded its mobile testing sites with some operated by Optum Serve and Verily Life Sciences. The closest of the 20 locations is on Alden Drive at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Some WeHo residents have reported that Cedars-Sinai appointments have been unavailable recently because of the surge in applications. Applications for testing can be made online. https://covid19.lacounty.gov/testing/
The number of confirmed infections in Beverly Hills as of today increased by three to 118. The number of infections in Culver City grew by four to 94. The Hollywood neighborhood had seven new confirmed infections, bringing its total to 213. The number of confirmed infections in the Melrose neighborhood increased by six to a total of 406.
The best protection against COVID-19 is to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household.
Essential businesses must provide a cloth face covering for all employees to wear while performing duties that involve contact with other employees and or the public and to post physical distancing plans. The public is required to wear a face covering to enter essential businesses as well. Beaches, trails and trailheads and non-essential businesses remain closed, and all public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit remain prohibited.
Residents with questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and who are looking for resources to deal with it can find answers on the City of West Hollywood’s website. Here is a list of links to sections about particular issues:
- Renter Resources
- Resident Resources
- Worker Resources
- Older Adult Resources
- Business Resources
- Utility Information
- News and Updates
- Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of cities and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in each. They are ranked by the number of infections per 100,000 people, which is a measure of the density of infections.
Unincorporated – Saugus 4 2580.65 Unincorporated – West LA 21 2205.88 Los Angeles – Little Armenia 154 1919 City of Industry 7 1601.83 Los Angeles – San Pedro* 669 857.27 Los Angeles – Pico-Union 352 841.26 Los Angeles – Vermont Square 61 796.66 Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island 2 749.06 Los Angeles – Valley Village 156 631.07 Unincorporated – Castaic* 170 625.21 Los Angeles – Crestview 71 624.56 Los Angeles – Wholesale District* 222 614.46 Los Angeles – Westlake* 353 594.73 Los Angeles – St Elmo Village 27 589.01 Los Angeles – Vernon Central 306 588.48 Los Angeles – Panorama City 434 576.74 Los Angeles – Sylmar* 475 576.47 Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown* 79 569.57 Los Angeles – Canoga Park 370 566.71 Los Angeles – East Hollywood* 163 556.56 Los Angeles – Pacoima* 413 536.51 Los Angeles – Sunland 109 534.1 Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace 70 533.01 Los Angeles – West Adams 147 532.03 City of San Fernando 129 524.13 Los Angeles – Melrose 406 522.55 Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry 199 504.03 Los Angeles – Country Club Park 76 501.55 Los Angeles – Victoria Park 42 500.06 Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch 23 496.12 Los Angeles – West Vernon* 263 490.27 City of Vernon 1 478.47 Unincorporated – Palmdale 4 475.06 Los Angeles – Van Nuys 435 466.77 Los Angeles – Carthay 67 466.48 Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights 152 466.3 Los Angeles – Central 181 464.2 Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone 296 457.46 Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez 12 450.96 Los Angeles – Harvard Park 171 450.77 Los Angeles – Arleta 151 439.34 Los Angeles – Harvard Heights 79 438.04 Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls 75 436.05 Los Angeles – Glassell Park* 137 433.49 Los Angeles – South Park 163 429.39 Los Angeles – Longwood 18 418.22 Los Angeles – Vermont Vista 172 417.62 City of Bell 151 415.61 Los Angeles – Hancock Park 70 410.82 Los Angeles – Reseda 314 409.83 Los Angeles – Green Meadows* 88 409.21 Los Angeles – Crenshaw District 56 404.95 City of Pico Rivera* 260 404.46 City of Cudahy 98 402.51 Los Angeles – Angelino Heights 10 399.68 Los Angeles – North Hills* 244 396.26 Los Angeles – Winnetka* 205 395.86 City of West Hollywood 146 395.12 Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone 187 394.14 Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie 32 390.15 Los Angeles – Mission Hills 94 389.65 Unincorporated – Rosewood 5 388.8 City of Duarte 85 386.08 City of South Pasadena* 99 379.99 Unincorporated – East Los Angeles 474 378.39 Los Angeles – Gramercy Place 40 371.61 Los Angeles – University Park 102 371.5 Los Angeles* 15015 371.24 Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove 125 370.19 Los Angeles – Bel Air 31 367.78 City of Inglewood* 415 365.37 Unincorporated – Canyon Country 28 362.32 City of Lynwood* 260 360.88 Los Angeles – Sun Valley 189 360.12 Los Angeles – Exposition Park 161 358.44 Los Angeles – Palms* 155 353.26 Unincorporated – Walnut Park 57 353.09 Los Angeles – Boyle Heights 302 347.59 City of Glendale* 717 347.23 City of Beverly Hills 118 341.83 Unincorporated – West Carson 75 339.58 City of Huntington Park 200 336.22 Los Angeles – Koreatown 173 334.67 Unincorporated – North Lancaster 4 333.89 Los Angeles – Watts 140 328.07 Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez 11 327.28 Unincorporated – Athens Village 16 326.73 Los Angeles – Valley Glen* 98 326.49 Los Angeles – Wellington Square 16 325.53 City of Montebello* 209 324.66 Los Angeles – Tujunga 89 320.03 Los Angeles – Hyde Park 91 318.84 Los Angeles – Lake Balboa 134 317.49 Los Angeles – Chatsworth* 117 315.7 City of Palmdale* 501 315.16 Los Angeles – North Hollywood* 476 314.36 Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh 89 314.01 City of Carson* 294 313.28 Los Angeles – Hollywood 213 312.07 City of South Gate 306 311.75 Los Angeles – Silverlake 137 310.78 City of Maywood 87 310.17 Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran 45 309.21 Unincorporated – Monrovia 12 309.2 Los Angeles – Downtown 85 309.01 Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning 22 308.95 City of Paramount 173 308.8 City of Bell Gardens 133 308.79 Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont 131 308.66 Los Angeles – Lafayette Square 14 307.08 Unincorporated – Glendora 2 303.03 Los Angeles – Northridge 211 302.31 City of Gardena 185 301.75 Los Angeles – Wilshire Center 151 300.98 Los Angeles – Jefferson Park 24 297.29 City of Palos Verdes Estates 40 295.81 Los Angeles – Eagle Rock 117 295.54 Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills* 91 292.37 Unincorporated – La Rambla 6 289.16 Unincorporated – Lennox 65 288.35 Los Angeles – Tarzana 89 288.25 Los Angeles – Little Tokyo 9 287.26 Los Angeles – El Sereno* 120 287.03 Los Angeles – Mid-city 43 286.09 City of Hawthorne* 253 284.95 City of Burbank 299 278.97 City of Compton* 275 275.26 Los Angeles – Granada Hills 160 274.96 Unincorporated – Littlerock 11 273.56 Los Angeles – Alsace 34 273.2 Los Angeles – Beverly Crest 34 271.46 Los Angeles – Elysian Valley 27 265.46 Unincorporated – West Puente Valley* 26 264.36 Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square 23 263.73 Los Angeles – Leimert Park 40 262.55 Los Angeles – Mt. Washington 62 256.78 Los Angeles – Studio City 57 254.01 City of Lancaster* 405 250.67 Los Angeles – Beverlywood 33 250.51 City of Malibu 32 246.89 City of Downey* 279 244.17 Unincorporated – Bassett 36 242.96 Los Angeles – Century City 31 242.34 Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain 4 241.25 Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills* 28 240.65 Unincorporated – Ladera Heights* 17 240.42 Los Angeles – South Carthay 25 235.96 City of Culver City 94 235.8 Unincorporated – Willowbrook 82 234.87 Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills* 69 234.42 Los Angeles – University Hills 8 233.3 City of Lawndale 78 232.05 Los Angeles – Atwater Village 34 231.83 City of Bellflower* 179 230.27 Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace 3 229.71 Unincorporated – Del Aire 10 227.63 City of Norwalk* 244 226.72 Unincorporated – South San Gabriel 20 226.04 Unincorporated – Duarte 10 225.84 Unincorporated – Quartz Hill* 29 224.7 Los Angeles – Encino* 101 223.59 Los Angeles – Highland Park 108 223.18 City of Santa Monica 206 222.83 Los Angeles – Wilmington 125 221.29 Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez 3 220.75 Los Angeles – Brentwood 68 219.67 City of Covina* 107 218.22 City of Santa Clarita* 479 217.31 Los Angeles – View Heights 8 216.57 Unincorporated – Altadena* 93 213.2 Los Angeles – Reynier Village 9 212.87 City of Torrance* 315 211.03 Unincorporated – Covina 35 208.1 City of La Canada Flintridge* 43 207.8 Unincorporated – Avocado Heights 14 206.64 Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula 9 206.42 Los Angeles – Miracle Mile 37 205.73 Los Angeles – Shadow Hills 9 202.61 City of Azusa 101 201.84 Unincorporated – Azusa 32 200.97 Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks* 175 200.56 Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos 54 200.56 City of Monrovia 77 198.45 City of Lomita 41 197.79 Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills 18 196.27 Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom 7 196.13 Los Angeles – Harbor City 57 196.08 Unincorporated – Valencia 6 195.31 Los Angeles – Del Rey 58 193.75 Los Angeles – Thai Town 19 193.7 City of El Monte* 227 193.57 City of Calabasas 47 193.23 Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway 84 192.66 Los Angeles – Elysian Park 11 192.58 Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles 25 192.4 City of Manhattan Beach 69 191.67 City of South El Monte 40 191.53 City of Whittier* 166 189.86 Los Angeles – Woodland Hills 129 189.55 Los Angeles – Echo Park 27 189.39 City of Baldwin Park* 144 187.58 Los Angeles – Manchester Square 16 187.44 City of Bradbury 2 187.09 Los Angeles – West Hills* 75 184.98 City of Temple City* 67 183.79 Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades 39 183.18 Los Angeles – Rancho Park 12 182.93 Los Angeles – Playa Vista 20 182.7 Los Angeles – Porter Ranch 65 182.65 Unincorporated – Lake Manor 3 182.59 City of El Segundo 30 178.72 Los Angeles – Los Feliz 38 175.86 City of Rancho Palos Verdes 75 175.45 City of Redondo Beach 118 171.77 Unincorporated – East La Mirada 9 170.07 Los Angeles – West Los Angeles 64 170.05 City of Santa Fe Springs 31 168.81 City of Monterey Park* 105 168.64 Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak) 22 167.38 Los Angeles – Harbor Pines 4 166.04 Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez* 25 163.31 Los Angeles – Venice 55 162.31 City of Pomona* 253 162.25 Los Angeles – Toluca Woods 3 161.46 Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands 4 160.45 City of Rolling Hills Estates 13 160.24 Unincorporated – Hawthorne 4 159.11 Unincorporated – Whittier 6 158.56 City of West Covina* 168 155.22 Los Angeles – Sycamore Square 1 154.56 City of La Mirada* 75 151.21 Los Angeles – Westchester 78 151.15 Unincorporated – Val Verde 5 151.1 Los Angeles – Mar Vista 64 150.69 Los Angeles – Exposition 5 150.33 Unincorporated – Valinda* 35 149.76 Los Angeles – Toluca Lake 13 149.36 Unincorporated – Wiseburn 9 149.33 City of Agoura Hills 31 148.45 Unincorporated – El Camino Village 13 147.88 Unincorporated – San Jose Hills 29 143.42 Unincorporated – South Whittier* 83 140.15 Unincorporated – Marina del Rey 13 138.14 City of Irwindale 2 137.08 Unincorporated – Rowland Heights 69 135.24 City of Cerritos* 67 133.82 Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley 2 132.36 City of Alhambra 113 130.3 City of La Puente* 53 130.23 City of Commerce 17 130.08 City of Lakewood* 103 128.17 City of Hermosa Beach 25 127.1 Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights* 70 125.17 Los Angeles – Chinatown 10 124.67 City of Glendora* 65 123.19 City of San Gabriel* 48 117.2 Unincorporated – Sun Village 7 115.97 Unincorporated – Llano 1 114.03 Unincorporated – South El Monte 2 111.42 Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights 4 111.11 Los Angeles – Regent Square 3 107.91 City of San Marino 14 105.45 Los Angeles – Westwood 56 103.49 City of Rolling Hills 2 103.09 Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano 2 102.25 Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains 19 102.04 Unincorporated – Acton 8 100.36 Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch 21 100.16 Unincorporated – La Verne 2 98.04 Los Angeles – Park La Brea 13 95.73 City of San Dimas 33 95.61 City of Rosemead 52 93.95 Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel 22 91.53 Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose 18 90.9 City of Arcadia 52 90.04 City of Artesia 15 89.31 City of Walnut 27 88.43 Unincorporated – Del Sur* 2 82.82 City of Claremont* 29 79.49 Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands 3 78 Unincorporated – Sunrise Village 1 77.16 Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills 1 77.1 City of Signal Hill 9 76.29 Unincorporated – East Whittier 4 75.39 City of Hawaiian Gardens 11 74.95 City of La Habra Heights 4 73.33 City of Diamond Bar 42 73.02 City of Westlake Village 6 71.77 Unincorporated – North Whittier 6 71.77 Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons 1 70.82 Unincorporated – Anaverde 1 66.31 Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake 1 60.2 City of La Verne 20 60.09 Unincorporated – Leona Valley 1 57.11 City of Sierra Madre 6 54.6 Unincorporated – White Fence Farms 2 54.3 City of Hidden Hills 1 52.91 Unincorporated – Pomona 1 51.6 Unincorporated – Arcadia 4 50.12 Unincorporated – Agua Dulce 2 48.1 Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon 1 32.01 Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey 1 31.29 City of Avalon 0 0 Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest 0 0 Los Angeles – Brookside 0 0 Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest 0 0 Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon 0 0 Unincorporated – Bradbury 0 0 Unincorporated – Cerritos 0 0 Unincorporated – Charter Oak 0 0 Unincorporated – Claremont 0 0 Unincorporated – Del Rey 0 0 Unincorporated – East Covina 0 0 Unincorporated – East Lancaster 0 0 Unincorporated – East Pasadena 0 0 Unincorporated – El Monte 0 0 Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon 0 0 Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway 0 0 Unincorporated – Hi Vista 0 0 Unincorporated – La Habra Heights 0 0 Unincorporated – Lake Hughes 0 0 Unincorporated – Lakewood 0 0 Unincorporated – Miracle Mile 0 0 Unincorporated – Newhall 0 0 Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula 0 0 Unincorporated – Pellissier Village 0 0 Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon 0 0 Unincorporated – Roosevelt 0 0 Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena 0 0 Unincorporated – San Clemente Island 0 0 Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon 0 0 Unincorporated – San Pasqual 0 0 Unincorporated – Sand Canyon 0 0 Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country 0 0 Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley 0 0 Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley 0 0 Unincorporated – West Chatsworth 0 0 Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills 0 0 Unincorporated – Westhills 0 0 Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows 0 0 – Under Investigation 1728
Gatherings are still happening. People in supermarkets are not wearing their masks properly – not covering their noses. Some are still not wearing masks at all. We are not over this by a long shot. We are opening up too early.
Nothing will crystalize the immediacy or seriousness of the coronavirus like this documentary tonight from NHK Tokyo tracking the Diamond Princess as a case study. Reading statistics and listening to instructions from a variety of sources without visuals does not give an accurate picture. This is very complicated and there is no secret weapon.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/documentary/20200509/4001358/