Over 100 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed within the Santa Clarita Valley Friday, the highest number of new COVID-19 cases for SCV since mid-June.

115 new Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported on Friday, along with 1,401 additional Los Angeles County cases, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

This brings the Santa Clarita Valley total to 5,940 cases and the Los Angeles County total to 265,775, according to the Public Health.

As of Friday, Los Angeles County remains in Tier 1 of the state’s coronavirus criteria, the highest, most restrictive category.

On Thursday, the 7-day average of new infections is 7 cases per 100,000 residents and a 2.9 percent 7-day positivity rate, according to the department. 

Both of those numbers meet the threshold for the next tier of reopening, but most hold for two weeks to qualify for the next stage, according to Public Health.

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There are currently 760 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 28 percent of those patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to the department.

Testing results are available for 2,609,000 individuals as of Friday, with a positivity rate of 9 percent, according to public health officials.

34 additional deaths have been reported within the county Friday, for a total of 6,488 recorded people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County since March.

As of Friday, a total of 5,940 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in M

arch. These include:

• 3,422 in the City of Santa Clarita*
• 133 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
• 2,048 in Castaic*
• 27 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 163 in Stevenson Ranch
• 46 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
• 76 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• Eight in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• Eight in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon

*As of Thursday, Sept. 24, officials had recorded 1,341 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 499 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 27 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 70 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Thursday, Sept. 24, approximately 31.6 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 Friday, Sept, 25, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 8,149 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 878 have tested positive, and 13 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 12 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, while 255 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

One additional COVID-19 death was confirmed at Henry Mayo Friday, bringing the hospital’s total to 24 and the Santa Clarita Valley’s total to 58, according to health officials.

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