The largest one-day number of Los Angeles Coronavirus cases have been reported on Thursday, breaking the record from earlier this week, public health officials said.
An additional 7,854 coronavirus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County, the highest number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer.
Davis added that the rise in cases is not due to increased testing, as the positivity rate has also increased.
The additional cases reported Thursday bring the county’s cumulative total to 421,881, according to the department.
There are 2,572 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Thursday, 24 percent of which are in the ICU.
The number of hospitalizations exceeds the peak of 2,232 people hospitalized with COVID-19 during the July surge. The daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased nearly every day since Nov. 1 when the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 799.
44 additional deaths have been reported Thursday with the total deaths across the county reaching 7,782, according to public health.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles public health officials reported the previous highest one-day number of cases, infecting more people at a “faster rate than ever seen in L.A. County before.”
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The daily test positivity rate as of Thursday is over 12 percent, up from 7 percent one week ago, according to the LADPH.
Over 3,808,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted as of Thursday, with about 10 percent of those tests returning positive.
An additional 152 Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases were reported Wednesday, for a total of 9,983 cumulative cases in the valley since testing began in March, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). These cases include:
- 6,635 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+126)
- 257 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+7)
- 2,448 in Castaic* (+14)
- 51 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+1)
- 327 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
- 65 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
- 121 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+1)
- 36 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 16 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 15 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- Three in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
In nearby Acton, there have been 126 cases, as well as 63 cases in Agua Dulce.
*As of Tuesday, Dec. 1, public health officials have recorded 1,912 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,389 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
As of Wednesday, Dec. 2, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 12,728 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 1,463 have tested positive, and 46 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
There are 52 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, Dec. 2 while 414 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.
One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Monday with the number of COVID-19 patients doubling over the past weeks. `
There have been a total of 38 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 85 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley.
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Ed. Note: These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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