A total of 15,142 coronavirus, COVID-19, cases have been confirmed in Los Angeles County, officials said Tuesday.

There have been 1,400 new cases confirmed Tuesday, 880 of which were from a backlog of cases from the past week, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health.

“I want to take a moment to acknowledge the courageous efforts by the millions of people of Los Angeles County for doing their part to help us and this public health crisis, and it’s because of you and your sacrifice and cooperation and following the ‘Safer at Home’ rules that we can stop the spread of the coronavirus and get Los Angeles back to work and back to school,” said Supervisor Hilda Solis

Los Angeles County has created a task force to address the growing need for food amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Solis. 

Approximately 89,000 tests have been conducted so far as of Tuesday, with 14 percent positive, according to public health officials.

The county has doubled its testing capacity in the weeks since the “Safer at Home” order, with the ability to test about 10,000 residents a day, according to Solis. 

A total of 46 deaths have been reported Tuesday, 33 of which are individuals over the age of 65, all with health conditions, bringing the county total to 663, according to Ferrer.

Two of the additional deaths reported were ages 18 – 45, according to the DPH.

A total of 89 percent of all deaths had underlying health conditions, according to public health officials. 

“To all of you who are mourning loved ones who passed away from COVID-19, our thoughts and prayers are with you every day, and we are really sorry for your loss,” Ferrer said.

There are 3,639 people who have been hospitalized at some point for coronavirus, with over 1,739 still in the hospital, according to the public health director.

As of Monday afternoon, there are 221 confirmed cases in the city of Santa Clarita, 11 in Castaic, 14 in Stevenson Ranch and 16 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Additionally, six cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as of Monday, according to officials.

The numbers for the unincorporated portions of Valencia, Saugus and Bouquet Canyon, as well as nearby Agua Dulce, have been “suppressed,” meaning there are between one and four confirmed cases for each community, according to public health officials.

This is done to protect patient privacy. Once these locations have five or more confirmed cases, the numbers are expected to be included, according to a public health spokesperson.

The next update on the number of cases in the Santa Clarita Valley is expected Tuesday afternoon.

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