Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAPDH) officials continue to caution L.A. County residents to avoid potential superspreader events over Super Bowl weekend.
On Saturday, LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cautioned residents against hosting or attending parties for the upcoming Super Bowl on Sunday, as they are “easy opportunities for the virus to spread.”
“Despite seeing some decreases, we continue to experience widespread community transmission in our county. The riskiest thing people can do tomorrow for Super Bowl Sunday, given our high case counts, is gather with others that don’t live with them to enjoy the game,” Ferrer said.
Public Health warns Super Bowl parties can become super-spreader events, and encourage residents to enjoy this year’s Super Bowl without putting themselves or their friends, family and neighbors at risk.
“Cases and hospitalizations are going down, but remain high, and we cannot afford to engage in risky activities that could result in this virus spreading more easily,” reads a Saturday statement.
An additional 4,860 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Saturday, along with 193 deaths, according to the LADPH.
On Friday, LADPH Science Officer Paul Simon announced that an estimated 1,051,229 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across the county.
Just under 11% of all Los Angeles County residents aged 16 and over have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose as of Friday, while only 2.6% of people in that same group had been fully vaccinated, according to Simon.
L.A. County received 184,625 doses of the vaccine this week, and Simon said that the priority was to use those for second doses.
Simon estimated that although just over 1 million cumulative cases have been identified, it is likely that between 3 and 4 million residents have been infected with COVID-19 across the county as of Friday.
As of Saturday, the county’s cumulative total to 1,143,422 positive cases of COVID-19 and 17,955 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.
“Please don’t attend or host parties that could turn Super Bowl Sunday into super-spreader Sunday,” Ferrer said. “Instead, enjoy the game at home with those who live with you or connect virtually with friends and family online to prevent another surge in cases.”
As of Saturday, there were 4,607 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 28 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Testing results are available for nearly 5,590,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.
The Southern California Region has 9.1% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of Tuesday, 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 Saturday, 108 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 23,904 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 17,984 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+78)
- 41 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 729 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+5)
- 3,465 in Castaic* (+10)
- 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
- 979 in Stevenson Ranch (+8)
- 290 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+4)
- 167 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
In nearby Acton, there have been 405 cumulative cases, as well as 236 cases in Agua Dulce (+3).
*As of Thursday, Feb. 4, 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.
There were 63 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Wednesday, Feb. 3, while 1,034 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 Wednesday, with a total of 123 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 218 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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