Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced Monday that the average daily hospitalization rate for COVID-19 in the county had dropped by over 40% since the beginning of January.
On Monday, LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer announced that the average daily COVID-19 hospitalization rate for the county stood at 4,608 on Friday, representing a 42% decline since the start of 2021.
“It’s also encouraging to see these numbers go down and we’re grateful to everyone who’s careful actions are making (the decrease) possible,” Ferrer said. “However, our hospitals are still very crowded and they still have limited ICU capacity.”
As of Monday, there were 4,186 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 29 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Ferrer noted that this decrease is important for more than COVID-19 patients, as fewer coronavirus hospitalizations would mean more free resources to accommodate other types of medical needs and procedures that are currently being delayed.
An additional 2,741 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Monday, along with 93 deaths, according to the LADPH.
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,149,064 positive cases of COVID-19 and 18,135 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.
Testing results are available for over 5,600,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.
The Southern California Region has 9.1% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, Feb. 2, according to state health officials.
Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.
On Sunday, 77 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 23,978 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 18,041 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+57)
- 41 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 731 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+2)
- 3,471 in Castaic* (+6)
- 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 14 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 15 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 125 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+3)
- 29 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 985 in Stevenson Ranch (+6)
- 292 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+2)
- 168 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+1)
In nearby Acton, there have been 408 cumulative cases (+3), as well as 237 cases in Agua Dulce (+1).
*As of Friday, Feb. 5, 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. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
An update on the number of COVID-19 cases in the Santa Clarita Valley is expected to be released later on Monday afternoon.
There were 58 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Monday, Feb. 8, while 1,069 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
Two additional deaths were reported Monday, with a total of 126 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 220 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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