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21 Additional Santa Clarita Coronavirus Cases, Community Transmission Remains Widespread In L.A. County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues to caution residents to follow health guidance when socializing, as the rate of community transmission continues to hinder L.A. County’s advancement to a less restrictive tier.

21 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported as part of the 953 new cases across Los Angeles County on Saturday.

The Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus total is now 6,636 with the Los Angeles County total reaching 288,136, according to Public Health.

An additional 10 deaths have been reported Saturday, bringing the cumulative total in L.A. County to 6,863, according to the department.

Today’s low number of cases may be a result of several missing reports from Friday evening, according to L.A. County Public Health officials.

An estimated 2,890,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted as of Saturday, with about 9 percent of those tests returning positive, according to public health officials.

Los Angeles County remains in Tier 1, the most restrictive tier, in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The tiered framework places counties in one of 4 tiers depending on three metrics measuring community transmission and health equity.  Options for sector re-openings, including schools, and permitted activities are aligned with each Tier. The County’s level of community transmission is still too high to advance to the next tie, county officials said.

Although Los Angeles County met the State’s metric thresholds for Tier 2 last month, L.A. County remains in Tier 1 due to the current adjusted daily case rate of 9 cases per 100,000 residents.

Per the State guidelines, to move to Tier 2, the County’s case rate needs to be 7 or fewer new cases a day per 100,000 residents for two consecutive weeks. The County’s test positivity rate is 3.7 percent which places the County in Tier 3 for this metric, according to public health.

“It is critically important that residents not attend any private gatherings if they are experiencing symptoms of illness, have tested positive for COVID-19 or if they have been exposed or likely have been exposed to someone who is positive,” reads a statement from L.A. County Public Health.

The highest number of cases among all age groups in L.A. County are in residents between the ages of 30 and 49 years old at 34% of all cases. The second highest are among residents between the ages of 18 and 29 years old with 25% of all cases. However, 74% of COVID-related deaths have occurred in residents over the age of 65.

There are 746 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Saturday, 24 percent of which are in the ICU.

“To slow community spread of COVID-19 in our county we must all partner together; businesses and residents must do their part and adopt the infection control measures that we know to be effective. Each of us has the opportunity every single day to make the right choices for our health and the health of those around us,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of public health. “If we work together to limit transmission and slow the spread of COVID-19, not only will the County move to a less restrictive tier that allows us to consider additional re-openings, we will save lives.”

As of Saturday, a total of 6,636 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 3,924 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 161 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 2,151 in Castaic*
  • 28 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 188 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 51 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 91 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • 14 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • 10 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
  • 11 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
  • Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon

As of Friday, Oct. 16, officials had recorded 1,361 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 513 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 78 cumulative cases were confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 30 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Friday, Oct. 16, approximately 28.3 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, Oct. 14, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 9,238 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 964 have tested positive, and 30 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 11 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 280 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

Three additional deaths at Henry Mayo were reported Wednesday bringing, with a total of 29 COVID-19 deaths have been reported at Henry Mayo, with the Santa Clarita Valley’s total standing at least 67, according to public health officials.

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