Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials are reminding L.A. County residents to continue using caution to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

An additional 1,730 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Saturday, along with 94 deaths, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the LADPH.

“Each day, we are inspired by all of you who are continuing to do your part to slow the spread of COVID-19. Remaining committed to the strategies that are helping us gradually get ahead of COVID-19, we will, one day, get through this together,” said Ferrer.  

LADPH Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon also reported that L.A. County was set to receive an increased supply of vaccine doses for the next week, with around 269,000 doses to be distributed across 341 county vaccination sites.

An estimated 1,958,547 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered within Los Angeles County as of Friday, roughly three-fourths of which have gone to first doses.

This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,190,894 positive cases of COVID-19 and 21,328 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.

Testing results are available for over 5,820,000 people, with a cumulative 19 percent of people testing positive.

Los Angeles County remains in the most restrictive purple tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. In order to move into the red tier and have additional opportunities for re-openings,

According to health officials, L.A. County’s daily case rate must be at or below 7 new cases per 100,000 people and the County’s test positivity rate must be at or below 8%. As of Tuesday, L.A. County’s adjusted case rate is 12.3 new cases per 100,000 people.

“We have been in this position before, on the downside of a surge in cases. We must not have a false confidence and must stay committed to the very safety measures that are helping to decrease our cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” Ferrer said.

As of Saturday, there were 1,733 people hospitalized with COVID-19,  32 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The Southern California Region has 19.5% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, Feb. 23, according to state health officials.

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Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.

A travel advisory remains in effect for L.A. County. Anyone who is arriving in Los Angeles County must self-quarantine for 10 days. Residents are asked to remain at home or lodging for 10 days and avoid contact with others.

On Saturday, 66 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25,301 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:

• 19,072 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+48)
• 43 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• 790 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+2)
• 3,584 in Castaic* (+8)
• 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• 1 in Placerita Canyon
• 14 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
• 17 in unincorporated Sand Canyon (+2)
• 131 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 40 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• 1,053 in Stevenson Ranch (+4)
• 309 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• 181 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)

*As of Thursday, Feb. 24 public health officials have recorded 1,977 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,439 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

In nearby Acton, there have been 447 cumulative cases (+3), as well as 253 cases in Agua Dulce (+1).

There were 13 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Saturday, Feb. 27, while 1,151 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Saturday, with a total of 142 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 252 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.

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