Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials provided updates on the state of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, one year to the day after the first COVID-19-related death was reported in the county.
Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19-related death in L.A. County. At the time, there were only 28 coronavirus cases that had been identified, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the LADPH.
On Tuesday, California health officials released updated COVID-19 metrics for all counties statewide, which showed that L.A. County had reached the initial threshold to meet the state’s “red” tier for re-opening.
According to Ferrer, the county case rate per 100,000 people remained at 5.2 as of Wednesday. As long as the case rate remains low there is potential for L.A. County to move to the “red” tier as soon as March 17.
The LADPH has been working with the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to plan additional re-openings as the County prepares to move to the “red” tier, Ferrer said.
An additional 1,514 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Wednesday, along with 119 deaths.
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,206,713 positive cases of COVID-19 and 22,213 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the LADPH.
Testing results are available for over 5,905,000 people, with a cumulative 19 percent of people testing positive.
The Southern California Region has 27.6% staffed adult intensive care unit (ICU) capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, March 9, 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 10 days and avoid contact with others.
On Tuesday, 36 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25,793 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 19,469 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+30)
- 45 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 801 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 3,625 in Castaic* (+2)
- 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 1 in Placerita Canyon
- 15 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 17 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 132 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 40 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 1,081 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
- 317 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+1)
- 184 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
*As of Sunday, March 7, public health officials have recorded 1,978 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,439 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.
In nearby Acton, there have been 455 cumulative cases, as well as 257 (+1) cases in Agua Dulce.
An update on local COVID-19 numbers is expected to be released later Wednesday afternoon.
There were seven COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Monday, March 8, while 1,168 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Monday, with a total of 145 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 255 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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