West Hollywood Today Has 114 Confirmed COVID-19 Infections

As of today, 114 West Hollywood residents have been confirmed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus. That is an increase of four from the 110 infections reported by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Saturday. That number means one of every 323 WeHo residents has been confirmed to be infected.

The Health Department reported a 12% increase in new confirmed infections countywide, which brings the total to 13,816.

“Today’s dramatic increase in case counts should not cause undue alarm,” the Health Department said in an announcement of the new count. “As part of efforts to increase testing capacity in the county, many new labs responded to the emergency and are working with Public Health to ensure that they have the proper reporting systems in place. Until this reporting issue is resolved, there may be periodic increases in positive cases and total cases due to unevenness in daily reporting.”

Barbara Ferrer, director of the Department of Public Health, also noted that preliminary results from a study with University of Southern California suggest that infections from COVID-19 are more widespread than previously thought, and the death rate is lower.

Eight hundred sixty-three adults in Los Angeles County were tested between April 10 and April 14 using blood antibody testing. “Based on results of the first round of testing, the research team estimates that approximately 4.1% of the county’s adult population has antibody to the virus,” the Health Department reports. “Adjusting this estimate for statistical margin of error implies about 2.8% to 5.6% of the county’s adult population has antibody to the virus — which translates to approximately 221,000 to 442,000 adults in the county who have had the infection.

“That estimate is 28 to 55 times higher than the 7,994 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the county by the time of the study in early April. The number of COVID-related deaths in the county has now surpassed 600. This information helps us better understand how COVID-19 is showing up in our communities.”

“As we plan for our recovery, we are mindful that COVID-19 is a highly infectious virus and we all must continue to do our part to slow the spread,” Ferrer said. “This means keeping our distance at all times, isolating when ill and quarantining if we have been in contact with someone positive for COVID-19.”

The Health Department as of today has confirmed the deaths of an additional 17 people associated with infection with the COVID-19 virus. That brings the total to 617. Thirteen people who died were over the age of 65. Two people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65. One of those who died was between the ages of 18 to 40. Twelve people had underlying health conditions including, 11 people over the age of 65 and one person between the ages of 41 and 65 years.

Beverly Hills saw a large increase in confirmed infections today, with a count of 94, up from yesterday’s count of 80. The number of confirmed infections in Culver City increased by two to 40. The Hollywood neighborhood now has 146 confirmed infections, an increase of 15 from Sunday’s county. The number of confirmed infections in the Melrose neighborhood increased by 10 to a total of 249 today.

With 65 confirmed infections as of today, the Little Armenia neighborhood in Los Angeles continues to have the highest infection rate of the 335 cities and communities surveyed by the Health Department. The Health Department ranks it as having 809.97 confirmed infections per 100,000 people.

There number of infections in the Crestview neighborhood grew by four to a total of 51. With a count of 448.63 infections per 100,000 it is the second most highly infected area. Rancho Dominguez as of today has 10 confirmed infections, which equals 375.8 per 100,000 residents and makes it the third most highly infected area.

The Carthay neighborhood in Los Angeles, with 52 infections, ranks fourth, with 362.04 infections per 100,000 residents. The Hancock Park neighborhood has 58 confirmed infections as of today, which ranks it fifth with 340.4 infections per 100,000 residents. With its 249 infections, the Melrose neighborhood has 320.48 per 100,000 residents and is the sixth most infected area..

West Hollywood is now the seventh most highly infected community, with 308.52 residents per 100,000 having a confirmed COVID-19 infection.

The county has loosened conditions for qualifying for same-day tests, which formerly were reserved for those with symptoms of an infection who were 65 or older or had an underlying health condition such as heart disease. Those who want to be tested now must only exhibit symptoms of a possible infection, which include coughing, a fever, tiredness and, in severe cases, difficulty breathing. Those who want to be tested must first go online to see if they qualify and to book an appointment. A testing site adjacent to West Hollywood is on Alden Drive at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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 out in the public procuring or providing essential services. N95 and surgical masks should only be used by healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers providing care for people who are ill.

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:

Below is a list of cities and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in each.

City of Agoura Hills	26
City of Alhambra	47
City of Arcadia	30
City of Artesia	10
City of Avalon	0
City of Azusa	23
City of Baldwin Park	44
City of Bell	93
City of Bell Gardens	58
City of Bellflower	74
City of Beverly Hills	94
City of Bradbury	—
City of Burbank	141
City of Calabasas	29
City of Carson	163
City of Cerritos	40
City of Claremont	16
City of Commerce	7
City of Compton	115
City of Covina	63
City of Cudahy	30
City of Culver City	40
City of Diamond Bar	24
City of Downey	137
City of Duarte	32
City of El Monte	61
City of El Segundo	20
City of Gardena	107
City of Glendale	339
City of Glendora	33
City of Hawaiian Gardens	6
City of Hawthorne	106
City of Hermosa Beach	21
City of Hidden Hills	0
City of Huntington Park	78
City of Industry	—
City of Inglewood	177
City of Irwindale	—
City of La Canada Flintridge	30
City of La Habra Heights	—
City of La Mirada	37
City of La Puente	22
City of La Verne	12
City of Lakewood	56
City of Lancaster	132
City of Lawndale	36
City of Lomita	27
City of Long Beach	457
City of Lynwood	103
City of Malibu	23
City of Manhattan Beach	59
City of Maywood	42
City of Monrovia	20
City of Montebello	80
City of Monterey Park	43
City of Norwalk	114
City of Palmdale	192
City of Palos Verdes Estates	36
City of Paramount	80
City of Pasadena	215
City of Pico Rivera	94
City of Pomona	82
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	49
City of Redondo Beach	91
City of Rolling Hills	—
City of Rolling Hills Estates	13
City of Rosemead	17
City of San Dimas	23
City of San Fernando	39
City of San Gabriel	19
City of San Marino	8
City of Santa Clarita	221
City of Santa Fe Springs	14
City of Santa Monica	124
City of Sierra Madre	—
City of Signal Hill	5
City of South El Monte	5
City of South Gate	154
City of South Pasadena	30
City of Temple City	24
City of Torrance	204
City of Vernon	0
City of Walnut	16
City of West Covina	62
City of West Hollywood	114
City of Westlake Village	6
City of Whittier	71
Los Angeles	6224
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	16
Los Angeles – Alsace	12
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	0
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	—
Los Angeles – Arleta	51
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	16
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	41
Los Angeles – Bel Air	25
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	31
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	28
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights	97
Los Angeles – Brentwood	59
Los Angeles – Brookside	0
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	9
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	123
Los Angeles – Carthay	52
Los Angeles – Central	63
Los Angeles – Century City	28
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	46
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	48
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	13
Los Angeles – Chinatown	—
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	17
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	33
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	35
Los Angeles – Crestview	51
Los Angeles – Del Rey	40
Los Angeles – Downtown	34
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	58
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	72
Los Angeles – Echo Park	13
Los Angeles – El Sereno	56
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	7
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	12
Los Angeles – Encino	63
Los Angeles – Exposition	—
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	73
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	—
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	15
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	63
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	80
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	16
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	69
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	30
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	58
Los Angeles – Harbor City	31
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	43
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	0
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	31
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	50
Los Angeles – Highland Park	51
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	31
Los Angeles – Hollywood	146
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	52
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	33
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	6
Los Angeles – Koreatown	78
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	9
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	50
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	29
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	25
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	30
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	65
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	46
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	—
Los Angeles – Longwood	7
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	25
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	5
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	—
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	45
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	8
Los Angeles – Melrose	249
Los Angeles – Mid-city	30
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	29
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	42
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	22
Los Angeles – North Hills	75
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	184
Los Angeles – Northridge	87
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	33
Los Angeles – Pacoima	100
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	—
Los Angeles – Palms	80
Los Angeles – Panorama City	109
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	11
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	113
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	—
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	15
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	39
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	8
Los Angeles – Regent Square	—
Los Angeles – Reseda	111
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	10
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	6
Los Angeles – San Pedro	82
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	8
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	93
Los Angeles – Silverlake	92
Los Angeles – South Carthay	21
Los Angeles – South Park	63
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	5
Los Angeles – Studio City	25
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	61
Los Angeles – Sunland	43
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	0
Los Angeles – Sylmar	171
Los Angeles – Tarzana	56
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	89
Los Angeles – Thai Town	11
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	8
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	0
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	—
Los Angeles – Tujunga	30
Los Angeles – University Hills	—
Los Angeles – University Park	38
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	48
Los Angeles – Valley Village	52
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	142
Los Angeles – Venice	40
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	26
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	25
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	45
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	72
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	24
Los Angeles – View Heights	6
Los Angeles – Watts	50
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	6
Los Angeles – West Adams	69
Los Angeles – West Hills	30
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	43
Los Angeles – West Vernon	111
Los Angeles – Westchester	46
Los Angeles – Westlake	127
Los Angeles – Westwood	41
Los Angeles – Wholesale District	39
Los Angeles – Wilmington	55
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	65
Los Angeles – Winnetka	73
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	90
Unincorporated – Acton	6
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	—
Unincorporated – Altadena	46
Unincorporated – Anaverde	—
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	—
Unincorporated – Arcadia	—
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	56
Unincorporated – Athens Village	12
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	5
Unincorporated – Azusa	7
Unincorporated – Bandini Islands	0
Unincorporated – Bassett	16
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	0
Unincorporated – Bradbury	0
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	16
Unincorporated – Castaic	11
Unincorporated – Cerritos	0
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	0
Unincorporated – Covina	15
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	9
Unincorporated – Del Aire	6
Unincorporated – Del Rey	0
Unincorporated – Del Sur	—
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	—
Unincorporated – Duarte	—
Unincorporated – East Covina	0
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	7
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	166
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	0
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	13
Unincorporated – East Whittier	—
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	—
Unincorporated – El Monte	0
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	0
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	97
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	0
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	38
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	—
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	0
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	—
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	13
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	0
Unincorporated – La Rambla	5
Unincorporated – La Verne	—
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	15
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	0
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	9
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	—
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	24
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	—
Unincorporated – Llano	—
Unincorporated – Lynwood	0
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	8
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	5
Unincorporated – Newhall	0
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	0
Unincorporated – North Whittier	—
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	7
Unincorporated – Palmdale	—
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	0
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	—
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	0
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	0
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	17
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	10
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	0
Unincorporated – Rosewood	—
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	0
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	—
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	31
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	9
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	0
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	0
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	—
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains	7
Unincorporated – Saugus	—
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	0
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	0
Unincorporated – South Edwards	0
Unincorporated – South El Monte	—
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	7
Unincorporated – South Whittier	39
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	0
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	14
Unincorporated – Sun Village	—
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	—
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	—
Unincorporated – Universal City	0
Unincorporated – Val Verde	—
Unincorporated – Valencia	—
Unincorporated – Valinda	16
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	19
Unincorporated – Walnut	0
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	34
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	—
Unincorporated – West Carson	35
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0
Unincorporated – West LA	—
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	6
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	—
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	21
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	0
Unincorporated – Westhills	0
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	—
Unincorporated – Whittier	—
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	0
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	27
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	—
– Under Investigation	1083

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Vigilant

5 years ago

Could Wehoville please provide some type of graph that would be clear to follow day by day rather than an inconsistent narrative based on different standards containing unfortunate errors. Also if you could indicate the hot spot areas within West Hollywood that you know of, based on infectious cases and deaths if necessary that would provide a more complete picture. Assessing this Covid-19 pandemic would be much clearer if presented as an engineer would provide findings, facts, choices and clear protocols. Anything that may help folks to get on the same page would be beneficial. Only facts provide clarity so… Read more »

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The Los Angeles County Department of Pubic Health does not present data that includes the addresses of those confirmed to be infected by COVID-19, and WEHOville would not publish such private data. It also is not possible to determine where a person came into contact with the COVID-19 virus (e.g. grocery store, sidewalk, hospital emergency room). The graph to which you refer is based on the same standard — the daily report by the health department of confirmed infections of West Hollywood residents.

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Was certainly not requesting an address or private data however, in other states I believe they are indicating areas within a community. Please check paragraphs 9 & 10 to see errors in the narrative re Beverly Hills. Picking through narratives does not really give as clear a picture as a detailed graph.