LOS ANGELES – With 56 new deaths in the past 24 hours, and a total of 1,056 deaths and 22,485 positive COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases in Los Angeles County, the LA County Department of Public Health – Environmental Health Specialist Nona Oganisyan, issued a message in Armenian today during the daily press briefing, urging the Armenian-American community to continue following safe practices to avoid getting infected along with updated statistical data.

To find out if you’re eligible for a test and to schedule an appointment at a drive-up mobile testing site in Los Angeles County, please visit https://covid19.lacounty.gov/testing/.

The latest figures, according to the LA County Public Health Department website, the city of Glendale continues as one of the highest affected with 530 positive COVID-19 cases, and 18 deaths to date. Other areas with high populations of Armenian-Americans, include Burbank (234 cases), East Hollywood (122 cases), Hollywood (186 cases), Little Armenia (85 cases), Montebello (126 cases), North Hollywood (335 cases), Northridge (158 cases), Pasadena (383 cases), Sunland (79 cases), and Tujunga (66 cases).

Skilled nursing and assisted living facilities remain of concern to public health officials. The following facilities with high numbers of Armenian residents have been affected: Alexandria Care Center, Montrose Healthcare Center, Glendale Post Acute Center, Ararat Convalescent Hospital, Ararat Assisted Living, Brier Oak on Sunset and Burbank Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center among others.

For a complete up to date list of COVID-19 posit cases by cities and institutions, visit: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/

An interactive dashboard is available that provides an overview on COVID-19 testing, cases and deaths along with maps and graphs showing testing, cases and death data by community poverty level, age, sex and race/ethnicity. To view Public Health’s COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard, visit:
http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/ .

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sign Up for Our Newsletters

Get notified of the latest updates from MassisPost.

You May Also Like

Armenia’s Ambassador to Germany Vahan Hovannesian Passed Away After Long Illness

YEREVAN — Vahan Hovannesian, Armenia’s ambassador to Germany, passed away on December…

The Myth of Turkish Secularism

By David Boyajian Turkey is a secular state. So claim its government…

Davutoglu: \”Liberation\” of Azerbaijani Territories Most Important Issue for Turkey

BAKU — Turkey will continue to support Azerbaijan in the settlement of…

Parliamentary Committee OKs Enhancement of Stolen Asset Recovery Law

YEREVAN — The Parliamentary Committee on State-Legal Affairs approved the government-authored bill…