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30 New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Santa Clarita

30 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Santa Clarita, Saturday.

As of Saturday, a total of 5,274 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 2,959 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 117 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 1,901 in Castaic*
  • 26 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 152 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 41 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 59 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, Aug. 27, officials had recorded 1,323 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 496 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 60 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 24 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Thursday, Aug. 26, reads that approximately 34.9 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, Aug. 26, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 6,598 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 774 have tested positive, and 4 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 232 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody. This is an increase of three hospitalized patients since last Wednesday.

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30 New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Santa Clarita

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