15 new Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been confirmed Friday, with 1,115 additional COVID-19 cases confirmed across Los Angeles County.

Friday’s count brings the Santa Clarita Valley total to 5,496 and Los Angeles County total of cumulative coronavirus cases to 252,066, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

“Today, as we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and extend our gratitude to all the first responders for their courage and service, we also take a solemn pause to pay respect to the 6,171 people who lost their lives to COVID-19 in L.A. County and reflect on our heroic healthcare workers that have responded selflessly to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of public health.  

“Our Country came together after 9/11 and forged a new path forward; today, we have also been asked to come together and learn how to live through the COVID-19 pandemic. We give thanks to all who helped us get through the devastation brought by 9/11, and to all who are helping us get through COVID-19,” Ferrer added. 

There are currently 889 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 33 percent of those patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to the department.

“Similar to the numbers seen in early April, daily hospitalizations have dropped back to an average of under 1,000 hospitalizations a day,” public health officials said. 

The Department of Public Health also reports three new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This brings the total number of MIS-C case in L.A. County to 34 children.

MIS-C is a rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that can damage multiple organ systems. MIS-C can require hospitalization and be life-threatening, according to public health. 

All 34 children with MIS-C in L.A. County were hospitalized and 45% of the children were treated in the ICU. 

Testing results are available for over 2,419,000 individuals as of Friday, with a positivity rate of 10 percent, according to public health officials.

As of Friday, Los Angeles County remains in Tier 1 of the state’s coronavirus criteria, the highest, most restrictive category.

43 additional deaths have been reported within the county, for a total of 6,171 recorded people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County since March.

92 percent of those who died due to COVID-19 had an underlying health condition, according to public health officials.

As of Friday, a total of 5,496 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. This is an increase of 15 compared to Thursday. These include:

• 3,149 in the City of Santa Clarita*
• 120 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
• 1,918 in Castaic*
• 27 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 156 in Stevenson Ranch
• 41 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
• 66 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 Thursday, Sept. 10, officials had recorded 1,327 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 496 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 65 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 25 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Thursday, Sept. 10, approximately 33.3 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, Sept. 9, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 7,309 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 817 have tested positive, and 15 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 12 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 240 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

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