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Nearly 50 Additional Santa Clarita Valley Coronavirus Cases Reported, 2,779 New L.A. County Cases

47 additional coronavirus cases have been reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 2,779 new cases reported across Los Angeles County Tuesday afternoon.

The total number of cases confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley now stands at 3,143 while the L.A. County total of coronavirus cases now stands at 103,529 as of Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).

Over 1,107,000 COVID-19 tests had been conducted within the county as of Tuesday, with nine percent of people testing positive, according to public health officials.

As of Tuesday afternoon, a total of 3,143 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 1,192 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 46 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 1,792 in Castaic*
  • Six in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 61 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 13 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 29 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • Three in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon

*As of Monday, June 29, officials had recorded 1,314 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 489 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. 

KHTS News (June 30, 2020)

Additionally, 13 cases have been confirmed in nearby Agua Dulce, as well as 24 in Acton.

Public health officials are not releasing recovery numbers by city, according to the department.

Due to testing availability, these numbers are only the confirmed cases, which officials say could be much lower than the actual number of coronavirus cases in Santa Clarita.

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As of last Wednesday, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 2,725 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 282 have tested positive, and 50 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to the hospital.

Some patients are tested multiple times, creating a discrepancy in the numbers, according to hospital officials.

There are 13 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 99 patients have been discharged, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

Case numbers are usually higher midweek due to a testing backlog from over the weekend, however, the new case rate may also be slowing due to the closure of testing sites.

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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Nearly 50 Additional Santa Clarita Valley Coronavirus Cases Reported, 2,779 New L.A. County Cases

4 comments

  1. What would be interesting to know is how many of these new cases were people who demonstrated 2-3 weeks ago.

  2. Why would you report “Nearly 50…” when you could have printed “47”?? Oh yeah, it is because you are the FAKE MEDIA…

  3. Why aren’t you informing the public as to the number of deaths in Santa Clarita?

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