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30 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been confirmed Sunday, with over 2,200 hospitalizations throughout L.A. County, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
A total of 2,216 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 throughout L.A. County, according to LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer.
This is the highest number of new hospitalizations reported in a day, surpassing the 2,193 hospitalizations seen on July 15. This is the fifth consecutive day of hospitalization over 2,100 confirmed cases and the first time hospitalizations have reached over 2,200, according to Public Health.
Testing results are available for over 1,515,000 individuals as of Sunday, with a positivity rate of nine percent, according to public health officials.
Public Health has identified 155,887 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County as of Sunday, with 2,848 new cases.
The majority of all cases have occurred in people under the age of 41 years old with over 52% or 77,000 people younger than 41 years old infected with COVID-19, according to health officials.
“We continue to reach concerning milestones and today we are seeing the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Right now, young adults are being hospitalized at a rate not seen before,” said Ferrer. “No matter how young you are, you are vulnerable to this virus. I urge everyone to take collective responsibility – stay physically apart from people you don’t live with, properly wear a face covering when you are outside your home but stay home as much as possible.”
11 additional deaths have been reported within L.A. County Sunday, for a total of 4,095 people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County.
As of Sunday, a total of 3,862 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:
Map of Santa Clarita and surrounding communities by COVID-19 regions. Courtesy of L.A. DPH.
- 1,788 in the City of Santa Clarita*
- 63 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 1,835 in Castaic*
- 11 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 91 in Stevenson Ranch
- 29 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
- 37 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- Four in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- Two in unincorporated Sand Canyon
*As of Saturday, July 18, officials had recorded 1,318 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 493 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
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Additionally, 38 cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 15 in Agua Dulce.
An analysis of available data indicates that as of Saturday, July 18, approximately 47.3 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.
Information from LA DPH.
Public health officials are not releasing recovery numbers by city, according to the department.
As of last Wednesday, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 4,482 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 496 have tested positive, and 458 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson.
There are 23 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 140 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to the hospital. This is an increase since the last reported number of inpatients on Monday, July 13, when there were 15 patients in the hospital.
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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Since we shut down schools and business, we should be receiving/reviewing each positive Covid test. Is it a repeat test on same person? Is it inmates from detention centers? Is it test on people asymptotic that are being tested for elective surgeries? Is the person under the age of 18? Since people are making outrageous claims that children are the issue with positive Covid numbers. Where’s the detailed information? Our local politicians should demand accurate testing regulations. Can we stop placing Covid positive senior citizens back in nursing homes?!
Transparency needed
There are many people who live in Santa Clarita who are hospitalized and who have died at other hospitals besides Henry Mayo. Is this counted? I don’t see it, but not sure. The difference between now and April—
earlier the cases were nursing home employees and families (what exactly happened to the nursing home patients– no one knows). The sick ones were nursing home employees and close contacts. Now– it is just regular people doing regular stuff– trips to Las Vegas, Morongo casino, house parties, indoor bars– it is all the young people who spread it around, and their parents get sick– this takes more than one month to occur. Would you go to the ER if you were sick? No way I would go– only if I was close to death. That is why this takes so long to figure out.
Also, anyone get tested at Henry Mayo?? Minimum wait time is two weeks. The reporting of the cases lags even further behind– we are looking at old data here. Jessica- all your points are correct. Lot of elective surgeries ‘found’ cases, but lot are very sick too. The really young kids– we don’t really know. But there is CLEAR evidence of growing community spread by teens and and 20 somethings. Terrible stuff.