Officials reported Saturday that over 900,000 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Los Angeles, more than 100,000 of which have come from the past week alone.
An additional 16,982 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Saturday, along with 221 deaths, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 906,171 positive cases of COVID-19 and 12,084 deaths since March 2020.
More than one in every five people in L.A. County who have been tested are testing positive for coronavirus, public health officials said.
According to Paul Simon, chief science officer for the LADPH, 151,772 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered as of Thursday, Jan. 7.
Public health officials continued to stress the need for the public practice of physical distancing and wearing a cloth face covering
As of Saturday, there were 7,966 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 22% of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Testing results are available for over 4,960,000 individuals with 17% of people testing positive.
According to California health officials, the Southern California Region has 0.0% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of Friday.
Health officials say that at its current rate, one person in Los Angeles County dies of COVID-19 every 8 minutes. Ferrer noted Monday that it is “likely” that the County could begin reporting over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths a week if the surge continues.
For those who have just returned from a trip outside of Los Angeles County, they must quarantine in place for 10 days and monitor for symptoms for 14 days. Testing is suggested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or if one is possibly exposed to someone who was positive.
On Saturday, 299 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 18,942 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 13,954 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+244)
- 564 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+15)
- 3,122 in Castaic* (+25)
- 98 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (-1)
- 734 in Stevenson Ranch (+14)
- 118 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+1)
- 216 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+3)
- 57 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 30 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 28 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 10 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 11 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
In nearby Acton, there have been 320 cumulative cases, as well as 163 cases in Agua Dulce (+6).
*As of Wednesday, Jan. 6, public health officials have recorded 1,956 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,425 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
As of Saturday, Jan. 9, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital had conducted 16,130 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 2,874 had tested positive, and eight tests were still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
There were 102 COVID-19 patients in the hospital as of Saturday, while 790 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Moody.
One additional death was reported Saturday, with a total of 84 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 134 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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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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