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
For spreadsheets (CSV files) of cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths for Los Angeles County by community and date (from 2020 through Mar. 24, 2023), download:
-- Cumulative COVID-19 Cases and Deaths, by Community and Date.
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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
Each weeks ends on a Saturday. Updated each week on Sundays, with the release of new data from Public Health.
Due to significantly reduced risks to the general public associated with COVID-19 infections, L.A. County Public Health retired their COVID-19 Data Dashboard, effective Mar. 1, 2025. The Almanac had long relied upon that source for ongoing COVID-19 data within Los Angeles County. Public Health will continue to provide some ongoing COVID-19 data (upon which we will now rely) through their weekly Respiratory Illness Surveillance Report. All case data in the chart below now reflects information from those reports.
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2024-2025 season (through Mar. 15, 2025): 2,134. Case numbers do not include data from the Long Beach and Pasadena health agencies. Keep in mind that many instances of COVID-19 infection today, if not most, are never reported to public health, but rather identified through at-home tests. Recovery is at home without ever visiting a medical facility.
COVID-19 DEATHS by Season in Los Angeles County
Due to the discontinuation of Public Health's COVID-19 Data Dashboard, the Almanac has ceased charting weekly COVID-19 death by week, effective Mar. 1, 2025. The new chart below provides cumulative COVID-19 deaths by viral season, from the beginning of the pandemic. Death numbers in the chart for the current virus season are cumulative numbers to-date, updated each week. For historical purposes, under previous season headers below, we continue to provide charts of weekly COVID-19 deaths.
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
COVID-19 CASES by Week in Los Angeles County, 2023-2024
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2023-2024 season: 92,568.
COVID-19 DEATHS by Week in Los Angeles County, 2023-2024
Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths reported in 2023-2024 season: 956.
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
COVID-19 CASES by Week in Los Angeles County, 2022-2023 (Season Complete)
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2022-2023 season: 328,634.
Note: Weekly cumulative numbers for weeks following April 1, through June 24, 2023, are Almanac estimated calculations. During this period, Public Health did not release numbers that would allow us to specifically calculate cumulative case numbers for weeks ending on Saturdays.
COVID-19 DEATHS by Week in Los Angeles County, 2022-2023 (Season Complete)
Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths reported in 2022-2023 season: 3,166.
Note: Weekly cumulative numbers for weeks following April 1, through June 24, 2023, are Almanac estimated calculations. During this period, Public Health did not release numbers that would allow us to specifically calculate cumulative case numbers for weeks ending on Saturdays.
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2021-2022
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Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2021-2022 season: 1,979,599.
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2021-2022
Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths reported in 2021-2022 season: 7,597.
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020-2021
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2020-2021 season: 1,204,957.
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, 2020-2021
Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths reported in 2020-2021 season: 19,239.
Los Angeles Almanac charts.
New COVID-19 Cases by Week in Los Angeles County, First Seven Months of 2020
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases reported in 2019-2020 season: 280,806.
COVID-19 Deaths by Week in Los Angeles County, First Seven Months of 2020
Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths reported in 2019-2020 season: 6,946.
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.
