Nearly 300 COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Los Angeles County Tuesday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 confirmed within the county.

An additional 5,927 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, along with 291 deaths, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).

The new cases reported today bring the county’s cumulative total to 1,085,044 positive cases of COVID-19 and 15,592 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.

Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in L.A. County, according to the LADPH.

“One year ago today, Public Health announced its first case of coronavirus in Los Angeles County. Since then, over 1 million cases have been reported and nearly 16,000 deaths; January is trending to be the deadliest month in the pandemic,” read Tuesday’s press release.

As of Tuesday, there were 6,307 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 25 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

On Thursday, health officials announced that the seven-day average of new cases had decreased by 30 percent, and hospitalizations had also gone down 7 percent since last week.

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Testing results are available for nearly 5,410,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.

“COVID-19 transmission remains very high in Los Angeles County. And while we issued a new health order that allows some businesses to reopen, this does not mean that we have stopped the spread of the virus,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the LADPH. “The simple fact of the matter is that if we are not more careful than we have been in the past when sectors have reopened, case counts will rise again, creating the need for another surge. I know we’ve been battling this virus for a year now and all of us are tired of the restrictions, but we need to continue to be vigilant for a while longer.”

According to California health officials, the Southern California Region has 0.0% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of Tuesday.

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.

On Tuesday, 112 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 22,543 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:

• 16,915 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+93)
• 39 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• 673 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+3)
• 3,359 in Castaic* (+7)
• 61 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• 113 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+1)
• 29 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• 913 in Stevenson Ranch (+6)
• 156 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)
• 259 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• 13 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
• 13 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon

In nearby Acton, there have been 382 (+2) cumulative cases, as well as 205 (+2) cases in Agua Dulce.

*As of Sunday, Jan. 23, public health officials have recorded 1,956 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,425 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.

There were 73 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Tuesday, Jan. 26, while 975 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 Tuesday, with a total of 113 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 191 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.

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