An additional 8,816 Los Angeles County coronavirus cases and 78 additional deaths were confirmed over the past four days within the county on Monday, officials said.

The L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases now stands at 116,570 as of Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).

The delay in reporting over the weekend stemmed from the county’s work to update COVID-19 reporting and monitoring systems, according to Ferrer.

“We have to be willing to take actions quickly as our situation evolves,” Ferrer said.

A total of 1,921 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 throughout L.A. County, Ferrer said. 

Over 1.1 million tests had been conducted within the county as of Monday, with 9 percent of people testing positive, according to public health officials.

78 additional deaths have been reported Monday, for a total of 3,534 people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County.

As of Sunday evening, a total of 3,300 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

• 1,399  in the City of Santa Clarita*
• 50 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
• 1,79 in Castaic*
• Six in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 74 in Stevenson Ranch
• 13 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
• 32 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• Three in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon

*As of Sunday, July 5, officials had recorded 1,314 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 491 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. 

Additionally, 14 cases have been confirmed in nearby Agua Dulce, as well as 28 in Acton.

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 3,273 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 349 have tested positive, and 151 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 19 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 110 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.

An update on local Santa Clarita coronavirus cases is expected to be available later Monday.

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