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Over 40 Additional Santa Clarita Valley Coronavirus Cases Confirmed, 905 In L.A. County

41 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported Tuesday along with 905 new Los Angeles County COVID-19 cases, officials said.

These additional cases bring the Santa Clarita Valley total to 6,047 and the cumulative total for L.A. County to 269,284 cases, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Although Los Angeles County met the State’s metric thresholds for Tier 2 last week, L.A. County remains in Tier 1 due to the current adjusted daily case rate of 7.3 cases per 100,000 residents.

“We have to remember that with every re-opening there is increased risk for COVID-19 transmission. Our cautious approach to re-opening, thus far, has led to slight decreases of daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and we will continue to move cautiously so that we can consider safely reopening additional services and businesses in the near future. We will be reviewing waiver applications meticulously so that we can be assured that the schools have the protocols in place that will minimize COVID-19 spread as much as possible,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of public health.

Per the State guidelines, to move to Tier 2, the County’s case rate needs to be 7 or fewer new cases a day per 100,000 residents for two consecutive weeks. The County’s test positivity rate is 2.9 percent which places the County in Tier 3 for this metric, according to public health.

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There are currently 714 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, with 34 percent of those patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to the department.

Testing results are available for 2,654,000 individuals as of Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 9 percent, according to public health officials.

39 additional deaths have been reported within the county Tuesday, for a total of 6,551 recorded people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County since March.

As of Tuesday, a total of 6,047 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. This indicates that there are 41 new cases since Tuesday. These include:

  • 3,499 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 137 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 2,065 in Castaic*
  • 27 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 166 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 47 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 78 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • 11 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • Eight in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
  • Two in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
  • Seven in unincorporated Sand Canyon

*As of Monday, Sept 27, officials had recorded 1341 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 499 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

Additionally, 70 cumulative cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 28 in Agua Dulce.

An analysis of available data indicates that as of Monday, Sept. 27, approximately 30.6 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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