Over 13,000 Los Angeles County coronavirus cases have been reported Friday, in another record-breaking day, with the total number of cases topping 500,000.

An additional 13,815 coronavirus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County on Friday, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

The additional cases reported Friday bring the county’s cumulative total to 501,635 according to the department.

“Today I’m making a request to everyone in L.A. County to stay home as much as possible,” Ferrer said Friday.

The public health director said Los Angeles County is in “uncharted territory” with the highest surge in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

There are 3,624 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday, 23 percent of which are in the ICU, according to Ferrer.

The number of patients hospitalized has tripled over the past month, according to Ferrer.

The number of hospitalizations exceeds the peak of 2,232 people hospitalized with COVID-19 during the July surge. The daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased nearly every day since Nov. 1 when the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 799.

As of Thursday, the five-day average for daily new cases reported with COVID-19 is 8,993, nearly double the five-day average for daily new cases the county saw on the day after Thanksgiving, according to public health officials.

50 additional deaths have been reported Friday, with the total deaths across the county reaching 8,199, according to the department.

The State announced a Regional Stay Home Order went into effect at midnight Sunday and would remain in effect for at least three weeks in California regions where ICU capacity falls below 15%.

According to the State, as of Dec. 11, the Southern California Region has 6.2% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining.

In Los Angeles County, the ICU capacity is at 11.8% as of Wednesday, according to public health.

Because L.A. County is in the Southern California Region, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order is set to be modified to fully align with additional safety measures across sectors and the required effective date. The Order prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing. The State Regional Stay at Home Order is similar to the existing County Safer at Home Health Offer with additional sector closings.

The Order does not modify existing school guidance. Schools that are open under County protocols can continue to provide in-person instruction as permitted.

See Related: Southern California Region Drops Below ICU Capacity Threshold, Stay-At-Home Order Imminent

Over 4,060,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted as of Friday, with about 12 percent of those tests returning positive.

The daily test positivity rate is 14 percent, according to Ferrer.

As of Friday, 237 new COVID-19 cases have been reported across the valley, with 11,476 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since testing began in March, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). These cases include:

• 7,838 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+190)
• 333 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+11)
• 2,552 in Castaic* (+15)
• 57 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
• 401 in Stevenson Ranch (+17)
• 75 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)
• 135 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+2)
• 40 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
• 16 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• 18 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon
• Four in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon

In nearby Acton, there have been 162 cases, as well as 78 cases in Agua Dulce.

*As of  Thursday, Dec. 10, public health officials have recorded 1,939 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,410 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

As of Friday, Dec. 11, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has conducted 13,679 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 1,679 have tested positive, and six tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

There are 71 patients in the hospital as of Thursday, Dec. 9 while 473 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.

Seven additional deaths have been reported at Henry Mayo this week with the number of COVID-19 patients doubling over the past month.

There have been a total of 46 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 86 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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