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L.A. County Public Health Reports 40 New COVID-19 Deaths

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released the latest data on COVID-19 on Sunday, revealing 16,835 new cases and 40 new deaths.  Most of these cases include the Omicron and Delta variants, according to public health officials.  At Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, 69 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and as of Sunday, one additional person has died, ...

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L.A. County Hits New Daily Record Of Positive COVID-19 Cases

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a new daily case record of over 45,000 positive cases and 13 new deaths, including one in Santa Clarita.  As cases of the Delta and Omicron virus have continued to surge in recent weeks, L.A. County has hit a new daily case rate record for the pandemic. Cases have also increased ...

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New Projections Estimate 1 In 3 L.A. County Residents Have Been Infected With COVID-19

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An estimated one in three Los Angeles County residents have been infected with COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to new projections by county scientists. This projection, based on statistical modeling conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) COVID-19 Predictive Modeling Team, would put the number of cases at over 3 million, more than ...

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California Stay-At-Home Order Takes Effect In Southern California: What Is Open?

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Stay-at-home orders issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and California Department of Public Health went into effect in Santa Clarita on Monday after the number of available ICU beds dropped below a critical threshold. The percentage of ICU beds remaining available in the southern California region, as designated by the state’s Department of Public Health (CDPH), ...

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L.A. County Launches COVID-19 Safety Compliance Certificate Program

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Los Angeles County has launched the COVID-19 Safety Compliance Certificate Program (CSCCP) to educate business owners on L.A. County of Department of Public Health safety directives.  This free online training course educates business owners on what the county health officer’s orders are and what actions business owners must take to be in compliance with these safety directives. This includes information ...

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‘Cautious Optimism’: Coronavirus Hospitalizations Trending Down In Los Angeles County

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Public Health officials are reporting a “cautious optimism” in the battle against coronavirus with a downward trend in hospitalizations and new cases in the past few weeks.  The number of reported COVID-19 patients hospitalized has not been impacted by the backlog in cases in the statewide lab system, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of ...

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Youth Sports Reopening Protocol Released By L.A. County Public Health

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health recently released a document outlining the county’s additional requirements which must be met for youth sports programs to resume some level of training. The reopening protocol is intended to be applied to recreational youth sports leagues, club sports, travel sports and sports sponsored by private and public schools serving students in TK-12 ...

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California’s Top Health Official Resigns Amid Discovery Of 300,000 Backlogged Test Results

California’s Top Health Official Resigns Amid Discovery Of 300,000 Backlogged Test Results

Dr. Sonia Angell submitted her resignation Sunday evening from her position as director of California’s Department of Public Health (DPH) and as the state’s public health officer in the wake of the discovery of a backlog of 300,000 COVID-19 test results due to computer errors. Last week, state officials confirmed that an estimated 300,000 test results had not been processed ...

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35 Additional Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Santa Clarita, 1,901 In L.A. County

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35 new Santa Clarita coronavirus cases have been confirmed Tuesday, with an additional 1,901 cases being confirmed within Los Angeles County. The Santa Clarita Valley cumulative total is now 4,429, and the L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases stands at 195,614 as of Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). The state has determined ...

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1,634 Additional Los Angeles County Coronavirus Cases Confirmed

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1,634 additional coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County confirmed on Monday, with a backlog in case reporting still occurring in the County, officials said. The L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases now stands at 193,788 as of Monday, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).  “We’re at the start of ...

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