Nearly 70 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Santa Clarita Clarita Valley on Saturday, along with over 3,100 additional cases in Los Angeles County.

Today's low number has likely dropped because there was no community testing offered on Thanksgiving, and limited testing yesterday. We will likely continue seeing lower numbers through the early part of next week because testing was less available.

— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) November 28, 2020

An additional 3,143 Los Angeles County coronavirus cases were reported Saturday, for a total of 390,891 cumulative cases, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). 

Officials also reported 19 additional COVID-19 deaths across the county Saturday, with the total number of such deaths reported across the county reaching 7,623.

There are 1,951 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Saturday, 25 percent of which are in the ICU.

“Today’s low number has likely dropped because there was no community testing offered on Thanksgiving, and limited testing yesterday,” reads a statement issued by the LADPH Saturday. “We will likely continue seeing lower numbers through the early part of next week because testing was less available.”

Over 3,695,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted as of Saturday, with about 10 percent of those tests returning positive.

On Saturday, 67 new cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with a total of 9,329 cumulative cases of COVID-19 since testing began in March. These include:

• 6,092 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+52)
• 227 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+2)
• 2,398 in Castaic* (+6)
• 50 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+2)
• 303 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
• 65 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)
• 119 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• 35 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall 
• 16 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• 14 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon
• Three in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon 

*As of Thursday, Nov. 26 public health officials have recorded 1,900 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,378 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 113 cumulative cases were confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 60 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Thursday, Nov. 26, approximately 20.9 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, Nov. 25, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 12,107 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 1,305 have tested positive, and five tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 42 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, Nov. 25 while 367 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

The number of patients at Henry Mayo has nearly doubled since the last update on Nov. 18.

There have been a total of 37 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 82 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley.

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Ed. Note: These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

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