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Los Angeles County Sees Lowest Single-Day Increase In Months

Four additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported as part of the 358 new cases across Los Angeles County on Sunday, the lowest single-day increase in reported COVID-19 cases seen in months.

These handful of new cases is the lowest number reported in a single day since spring-summer 2020, both locally and throughout the county. The previous lowest single day increase of Santa Clarita coronavirus cases was on June 15, at only two cases. Meanwhile, the previous lowest countywide single-day increase was on April 19, at 347 cases.

The L.A. County Department of Public Health noted that the lower number of cases and deaths reflects reporting delays over the weekend.

The Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus total is now 6,640 with the Los Angeles County total reaching 288,451, according to Public Health.

An additional 13 deaths have been reported Sunday, bringing the cumulative total in L.A. County to 6,876, according to the department.

An estimated 2,890,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted as of Sunday, with about 9 percent of those tests returning positive, according to public health officials.

Although Los Angeles County met the State’s metric thresholds for Tier 2 last month, L.A. Conty remains in Tier 1 due to the current adjusted daily case rate of 9 cases per 100,000 residents.

Per the State guidelines, to move to Tier 2, the County’s case rate needs to be 7 or fewer new cases a day per 100,000 residents for two consecutive weeks. The County’s test positivity rate is 3.7 percent which places the County in Tier 3 for this metric, according to public health.

There are 752 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Sunday, 27 percent of which are in the ICU.

As of Sunday, a total of 6,640 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 3,928 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 161 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 2,151 in Castaic*
  • 28 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 188 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 51 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 91 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • 14 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • 11 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
  • 10 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
  • Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon

As of Saturday, Oct. 17, officials had recorded 1,361 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 513 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 78 cumulative cases were confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 30 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Saturday, Oct. 17, approximately 28.1 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 Wednesday, Oct. 14, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 9,238 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 964 have tested positive, and 30 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 11 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 280 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

Three additional deaths at Henry Mayo were reported Wednesday bringing, with a total of 29 COVID-19 deaths have been reported at Henry Mayo, with the Santa Clarita Valley’s total standing at least 67, according to public health officials.

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Los Angeles County Sees Lowest Single-Day Increase In Months

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  1. This is interesting since people have resumed life. Dining, shopping, sports training etc. even riots in LA. This is good to see, no surge. Shows that (once again) the projected predictions were wrong when we reopen.

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