Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are continuing to decline in Los Angeles County, reaching the lowest five-day average since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
As o Friday, there are 376 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 22 percent of these people are in the ICU. The five-day average of daily hospitalizations is 389, the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic, according to LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer..
“We see the power of vaccinations in our low metrics and reduced transmission. It is important to remember those who remain unvaccinated are at a greater risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 and a variant of concern,” said Ferrer.
Public Health reported 16 new deaths as well as 421 new COVID-19 cases across L.A. County on Friday.
To date, L.A. County has experienced 1,235,118 COVID-19 cases as well as 23,980 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic according to Public Health.
“If you’ve already been vaccinated, encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to get vaccinated if they haven’t done so already,” Ferrer said. “Many COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths can be avoided now that we have vaccines available. Vaccines are the best protection from COVID-19.”
Nearly 6,558,000 individuals have been tested across L.A. County, with 17 percent of people testing positive, Public Health officials said.
On Friday, 12 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 26,898 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley over the past year, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 20,336 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+8)
- 47 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 842 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+2)
- 3,730 in Castaic* (+1)
- 68 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 1 in Placerita Canyon
- 15 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 17 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 130 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+1)
- 40 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 1,142 in Stevenson Ranch (+2)
- 337 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- 193 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
*As of Tuesday, May 5, public health officials have recorded 2,017 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,478 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 470 cumulative cases, as well as 279 cases in Agua Dulce.
A total of 145 coronavirus deaths have been reported at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, with at least 291 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
To learn how to make an appointment, what verifications you will need to show at your vaccination appointment, and much more, visit the L.A. County Vaccination website (English) or Vacunate Los Angeles website (Spanish).
Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.
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