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29 Additional Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Santa Clarita, 1,789 In L.A. County

29 new Santa Clarita coronavirus cases have been confirmed Sunday, with 1,789 additional cases being confirmed within Los Angeles County.

The Santa Clarita Valley cumulative total is now 4,641, and the L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases stands at 208,528 as of Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).

The state has determined there has been under-reporting of COVID-19 cases due to technical issues with the electronic laboratory system (ELR).

Public Health has noted issues with the State electronic lab reporting system for about two weeks. Once the data reporting issues are fixed, the number of cases is expected to increase, according to the department.

Data sources that track other key indicators, including hospitalizations and deaths, are not affected by this reporting issue.

A total of 1,568 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 throughout L.A. County, according to Public Health.

Of those hospitalized, 31 percent of patients are in the intensive care unit (ICU) as of Sunday, according to the department.

Testing results are available for over 1,932,963 individuals as of Sunday, with a daily positivity rate of 10 percent, according to public health officials.

10 additional deaths have been reported within the county Sunday, for a total of 4,977 recorded people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County since March.

As of Sunday, a total of 4,641 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

2,430 in the City of Santa Clarita*

92 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country

1,870 in Castaic*

20 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus

127 in Stevenson Ranch

38 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia

48 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde

Six in the unincorporated areas of Newhall

Four in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon

One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country

Five in unincorporated Sand Canyon

*As of Saturday, Aug. 8, officials had recorded 1,321 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 495 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 53 cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 21 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Saturday, Aug. 8, reads that 39.4 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.

Santa Clarita inmate cases vs. community cases from July 7 to August 7

As of Friday, Aug. 7, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 5,697 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 700 have tested positive, and 106 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are nine patients in the hospital as of Friday, while 206 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

A majority of all deaths in the county had underlying health conditions, according to public health, further encouraging those with medical issues to stay home, if possible.

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About David Melnarik

David Melnarik was born and raised in Santa Clarita, graduating from Hart Senior High School in 2014. David is currently a Video and News intern at KHTS with plans to complete his Associates Degree of Arts in filmmaking at College of the Canyons in Spring 2019.