56 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been confirmed Monday afternoon, bringing the case total to nearly 4,700, officials said.

As of Monday, a total of 4,697 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March, according to the Department of Public Health. These include:

• 2,479 in the City of Santa Clarita*
• 96 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
• 1,871 in Castaic*
• 20 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 128 in Stevenson Ranch
• 38 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
• 49 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 Sunday, Aug. 9, officials had recorded 1,322 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, 54 cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 21 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Sunday, Aug. 9, reads that 39.2 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 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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