The cumulative number of Los Angeles County deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 9,000 Tuesday, officials said.
A cumulative total of 9,016 coronavirus related deaths were reported in Los Angeles County, Tuesday.
L.A. County has experienced more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in just two weeks; on December 8 the County reported 8,000 deaths. This is an average of nearly 73 COVID-19 deaths per day over the past two weeks, according to the L.A. Department of Public Health (LADPH).
“The University of Southern California’s Center for Social and Economic Research continues to conduct a weekly representative survey with L.A. County residents about their actions through the pandemic,” reads the LADPH COVID-19 update Tuesday. “As cases continue to surge, nearly 80% of survey respondents indicated they visited a grocery store or pharmacy in the past week. Thirty percent of survey respondents indicated they visited a friend, neighbor or relative, and 30% of the respondents indicated they had visitors at their residence.”
A Christmas and New Year’s spike on top of the current surge will bring “catastrophic results,” public health officials said on Monday.
On Monday, Ferrer added residents cannot “test out” of following the guidelines on gatherings. A person is negative only at the time of testing. With the incubation period of the virus taking several days.
There are 5,866 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday, 20 percent of which are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), according to Public Health.
An additional 12,954 coronavirus cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, along with 88 deaths, according to Public Health.
The additional cases reported Tuesday bring the county’s cumulative total to 647,542 along with a total of 9,016 deaths since March, according to the department.
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The State stay-at-home order went into effect at midnight on Dec. 6, and remains in effect for at least three weeks in California regions where ICU capacity falls below 15%.
According to the State, as of Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Southern California Region has 0.0% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining.
On Tuesday, 240 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 13,773 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since testing began in March, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). These cases include:
- 9,919 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+186)
- 417 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+10)
- 2,745 in Castaic* (+18)
- 67 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+3)
- 508 in Stevenson Ranch (+7)
- 95 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)
- 155 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+2)
- 51 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 22 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon (+1)
- 22 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country (+1)
- Eight in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- Four in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
In nearby Acton, there have been 222 (+10) cumulative cases, as well as 108 (+3) cases in Agua Dulce.
*As of Sunday, Dec. 20, public health officials have recorded 1,952 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,422 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
As of Monday, Dec. 21, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 14,407 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 2,059 have tested positive, and two tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Moody.
There are 84 patients in the hospital as of Monday, Dec. 21, while 563 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.
Two additional deaths have been reported Monday, with the number of COVID-19 patients more than doubling over the past month.
There have been a total of 59 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 98 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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