The Almanac ceased offering daily COVID-19 reports for Los Angeles County after February 24, 2023. We continue to offer weekly case and death reports here. Los Angeles County Public Health announced that, after March 28, they will also transition to reporting updated COVID-19 data only once a week (on Thursdays).
Through March 25, 2023
As reported by the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health, Long Beach Health Dept., and Pasadena Public Health Dept.
As reported during each respective period†
| Season* | New Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 (Through Mar. 25, 2023) | 256,826 | 2,115 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,996,785 | 7,353 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,191,931 | 19,708 |
| March 2020-Sep 2020 | 278,420 | 6,803 |
* Seasons here are defined as the twelve months from October through September of the following year. This follows the Influenza season. Since non-travel-related COVID-19 cases were not reported in Los Angeles County until March 2020, the first season here is only seven months.
† The sum total for all seasons will not precisely match the latest cumulative number of cases shown above, due to statistical revisions by Public Health over time.
For historical purposes, also see: New COVID-19 cases and deaths reported each day in Los Angeles County, from Jan. 26, 2020, through Mar. 4, 2023
Also see: Influenza in Los Angeles County
COVID-19 Cases & Deaths By Week in Los Angeles County:
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2022-2023
Updated for a new week every first workday of the week
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2022-2023
Updated for a new week every first workday of the week
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2021-2022
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COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2021-2022
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020-2021
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020-2021
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
L.A.’S LAST PANDEMIC
A century before COVID-19, Los Angeles lived through its first global pandemic. There was much that was similar to this present one.
Video shows early pandemic time-lapse spread of COVID-19 across Los Angeles County, from March 16, 2020, to July 22, 2020.
Sources:
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Long Beach Health Department
Pasadena Public Health Department
The first COVID-19 case in Los Angeles County, a foreign traveler passing through Los Angeles International Airport, was announced on January 26, 2020. The patient had recovered and no person-to-person transmissions of the virus had been connected to this person.
On March 9, 2020, Los Angeles County Public Health reported the county's first positive case of COVID-19, where the patient had an unknown source of exposure to the virus. This was considered the county's first case with no known direct connection to travel abroad. The second such case was reported a few days later on March 11.
On March 11, 2020, Los Angeles County Public Health reported the county's first virus-connected death. The patient was a 60-year-old female visitor from outside the county who had recently traveled outside the United States. The second such death was reported on March 19, 2020, in the Pasadena area.
