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Los Angeles County Public Health Officials Discuss New State COVID-19 Guidelines

Los Angeles County Public Health officials are discussing the state’s new COVID-19 guidelines released on Friday. 

Supervisor Kathryn Barger said the new criteria would give the county a roadmap to recovery, with Los Angeles County remaining in the most restrictive Tier 1 as of Monday, due to positivity rate and daily new cases. 

On Monday, public health reported an average of 13 cases per 100,000 residents and a 7-day positivity rate of 4.7 percent. These numbers are above the criteria for Tier 2 which is between 4-7 new cases per 100,000 residents and a positivity rate of 5-8 percent. 

If a county meets one of the requirements, but not the other, that county would stay on the more restrictive tier, according to public health officials. 

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“L.A. County has made encouraging progress in all the key indicators the past month,” said public health officials. “The percent of positive tests is a good indicator of how we are doing at slowing the spread of the virus.”

A month ago, on July 31, the 7-day test positivity rate was 8.6 percent. Monday, the 7-day positivity rate is 4.7 percent, a decrease of 45 percent in one month. 

 In that same period, the county’s daily hospitalizations decreased by 48 percent, from 2,220 on July 31 to 1,043 Monday. The 7-day average of new cases has also declined steadily over the past month. On July 31 the 7-day average of new cases was 2,883 and today that number is 1,309, a decrease of 55 percent, according to public health officials. 

Dr. Muntu Davis, the Los Angeles County health officer, urged the public to learn from previous lessons as Labor Day weekend approaches, citing the number of deaths due to coronavirus. 

1,022 additional coronavirus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County Monday, with 14 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley, according to the Department of Public Health.

The Santa Clarita Valley cumulative total is now 5,320, and the L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases stands at 241,768 as of Monday, according to Public Health. 

Testing results are available for over 2,296,000 individuals as of Monday, with a daily positivity rate of 10 percent, according to public health officials.

16 additional deaths have been reported within the county Monday, for a total of 5,784 recorded people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County since March.

As of Monday, a total of 5,320 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 2,999 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 117 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 1,904 in Castaic*
  • 26 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 154in Stevenson Ranch
  • 41 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 60 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • Six in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • Six in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
  • One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
  • Six in unincorporated Sand Canyon

*As of Sunday, Aug. 30, officials had recorded 1,322 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 496 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 61 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 25 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Monday, Aug. 30, reads that approximately 34.2 percent of all cumulative cases in and around the Santa Clarita Valley can be attributed to the inmate population at the North County Correctional Facility and the Pitchess Detention Center.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 26, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 6,598 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 774 have tested positive, and 4 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 11 patients in the hospital as of last Wednesday, while 232 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody. This is an increase of three hospitalized patients since the previous Wednesday.

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Los Angeles County Public Health Officials Discuss New State COVID-19 Guidelines

2 comments

  1. The number that should be drawing all of the attention is ‘less than 1 case per 100,000 population’. This means in LA County, no more than 100 daily cases. They have already reported that many false positives and are ramping up testing further. In addition, a single individual who had 3 negative tests then tests positive is counted as 4 cases. It is clear here that the goal of the State is to never return to normal, at least until November if Biden wins. Then magically watch the metrics shift and things open back up. If not, this is the new normal.

  2. San Diego County is returning to normal. As of Sept 1st. Dine in and movie theaters are opening along with ALL businesses. Schools are going to in person starting next week. Not sure why LA County is having the inaccuracy in testing. Not surprising other counties are reopening and doing better than LA.

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