15 New Deaths and 1,173 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Oct 23 – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19.

• 1,173 new COVID-19 cases (1,484,192 cases to date)
• 15 new deaths due to COVID-19 (26,540 deaths to date)
• 621 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• Nearly 8,970,000 individuals tested; 15% of people tested positive

  Saturday, October 23
  Daily new cases: 1,173
  Daily deaths: 15
  Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.7%
  Daily hospitalizations: 621

Friday, October 22
Daily new cases: 1,227
Daily deaths: 15
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.9%
Daily hospitalizations: 598

Thursday, October 21
Daily new cases: 1,167
Daily deaths: 27
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.9%
Daily hospitalizations: 613

Wednesday, October 20
Daily new cases: 1,267
Daily deaths: 31
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.9%
Daily hospitalizations: 635

Tuesday, October 19
Daily new cases: 825
Daily deaths: 26
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.9%
Daily hospitalizations: 632

Monday, October 18
Daily new cases: 948*
Daily deaths: 4*
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.7%
Daily hospitalizations: 638

Sunday, October 17
Daily new cases: 898*
Daily deaths: 4*
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg): 0.7%
Daily hospitalizations: 658

* Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend reporting.