Los Angeles covid data cooks the books (V)

July 28 is the last day so far with solid data. On July 29th the press release stated they included a large number of backlogged deaths. That should be reflected in the dashboard numbers below.

Running Total Press Release: 542
Running Total Dashboard: 455
Total Decrease: 87
Total % Decrease: 16%

July 28:
Press release deaths: 51 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 51
Final dashboard deaths*: 20
Reduction: 31
% Reduction: 61%

July 27:
Press release deaths: 17 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 17
Final dashboard deaths*: 30
Increase: -13
% Increase: 77%

July 26:
Press release deaths: 10 (with 2 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 8
Final dashboard deaths*: 29
Increase: -21
% Increase: 263%

July 25:
Press release deaths: 53 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 53
Final dashboard deaths*: 36
Reduction: 17
% Reduction: 32%

July 24:
Press release deaths: 44 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 1 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 43
Final dashboard deaths*: 37
Reduction: 6
% Reduction: 14%

July 23:
Press release deaths: 49 (with 1 of those in Long Beach and 1 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 47
Final dashboard deaths*: 28
Reduction: 19
% Reduction: 40%

July 22:
Press release deaths: 64 (with 1 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 63
Final dashboard deaths*: 38
Reduction: 25
% Reduction: 40%

July 21:
Press release deaths: 50 (with 1 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 49
Final dashboard deaths*: 40
Reduction: 9
% Reduction: 18%

July 20:
Press release deaths: 9 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 1 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 8
Final dashboard deaths*: 37
Increase: 29
% Increase: 363%

July 19:
Press release deaths: 11 (with 0 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 11
Final dashboard deaths*: 28
Increase: 17
% Increase: 155%

July 18:
Press release deaths: 37 (with 1 of those in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 36
Final dashboard deaths*: 31
Reduction: 5
% Reduction: 14%

July 17:
Press release deaths: 62 (with 1 in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 61
Final dashboard deaths: 31
Reduction: 30
% Reduction: 49%

July 16:
Press release deaths: 59 (with 5 in Long Beach and 0 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 54
Final dashboard deaths: 40
Reduction: 14
% Reduction: 26%

July 15:
Press release deaths: 44 (with 2 of those in Long Beach and 1 in Pasadena)
LB & Pas removed: 41
Final dashboard deaths: 30
Reduction: 11
% Reduction: 27%