36 new Santa Clarita coronavirus cases and two additional deaths have been confirmed in Santa Clarita Saturday.

As of Saturday, August 1, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 5,493 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 664 have tested positive, and 177 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

The nineteenth and twentieth COVID-19 related death was reported by the hospital. There are 18 patients in the hospital as of Saturday, while 191 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.

Testing results are available for over 1,760,000 individuals as of Friday, with a daily positivity rate of 10 percent, according to public health officials.

As of Saturday, a total of 4,346 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. These include:

• 2,182 in the City of Santa Clarita*
• 82 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
• 1,858 in Castaic*
• 14 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 119 in Stevenson Ranch
• 35 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
• 44 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• Five in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• Five in unincorporated Sand Canyon

*As of Thursday, July 30 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 by the LADPH.

Additionally, 44 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 20 in Agua Dulce.

Public health officials are not releasing recovery numbers by city, according to the department.

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