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40 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed within the Santa Clarita Valley Wednesday, with over 50 percent of the total number of cases being reported within both the North County Correctional Facility and the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center.
As of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 3,417 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:
- 1,419 in the City of Santa Clarita*
- 51 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 1,810 in Castaic*
- Six in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 77 in Stevenson Ranch
- 15 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
- 34 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- Three in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- One in Sand Canyon
*As of Tuesday, July 7, officials had recorded 1,317 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 493 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center.
Additionally, 31 cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton, as well as 16 in Agua Dulce.
An analysis of available data indicates that as of Tuesday, July 7, approximately 53.6 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 LA DPH information available July 7, 2020. KHTS News
Public health officials are not releasing recovery numbers by city, according to the department.
Due to testing procedures, these numbers are only the confirmed cases, which officials say could be much lower than the actual number of coronavirus cases in Santa Clarita.
As of Wednesday, Henry Mayo has conducted 3,936 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 415 have tested positive, and 407 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
Some local patients are tested multiple times, creating a discrepancy in the numbers, according to hospital officials.
There are 11 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 132 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.
This is a significant decrease from the 19 patients that were in the hospital last week.
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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Are the hospitals overwhelmed? Successful treatment IF you even need treatment. Most people, it’s no more than cold symptoms. You are going to tell SCV that this isn’t being politicized at this point? The virus is real and it’s a concern for high risk people. Our politicians are playing political games in the meantime.