Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) warned residents Thursday that despite the continued decline in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, the county is “not out of the woods yet.”
On Thursday, officials expressed that they were “concerned that actions over the Super Bowl weekend and this past holiday weekend could lead to increases in cases.”
“As everyone knows who is sick with COVID-19 or worrying about a loved one in the hospital infected with the virus, we are not out of the woods yet,” LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said in a statement Thursday. “With almost 3,000 people testing positive still, community transmission remains high.”
LADPH officials say that they are “carefully monitoring” data over the upcoming weeks to see the impact the past two weekends may have across the county.
“It is so important residents and businesses continue to follow the guidance and directives in the Health Officer Order so that our recovery journey continues as we slow the spread of the virus,” Ferrer said. “Each day more and more people are vaccinated and if we diligently adhere to the public health safety measures while increasing vaccinations, we can get to the end of this pandemic and save many more lives.”
An additional 2,873 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Thursday, along with 153 deaths, according to the LADPH.
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,174,340 positive cases of COVID-19 and 19,514 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.
Testing results are available for nearly 5,729,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.
As of Thursday, there were 2,757 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 31 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Southern California Region has 14.8% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 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.
A travel advisory remains in effect for L.A. County. Anyone who is arriving in Los Angeles County must self-quarantine for 10 days. Residents are asked to remain at home or lodging for the 10 days and avoid contact with others.
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On Thursday, 79 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 24,685 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 18,599 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+56)
- 42 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 759 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+3)
- 3,534 in Castaic* (+5)
- 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 14 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 15 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 127 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+1)
- 38 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country (+3)
- 1,016 in Stevenson Ranch (+9)
- 304 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+2)
- 171 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
In nearby Acton, there have been 427 cumulative cases (+2), as well as 247 cases in Agua Dulce (+1).
*As of Sunday, Feb. 14, 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 14 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Thursday, Feb. 18, while 1,129 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 at Henry Mayo on Friday, with a total of 137 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 244 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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