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2,741 additional coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County were reported on Tuesday, over half of which occurred in people under the age of 41 years old, officials said.
The L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases now stands at 161,673 as of Tuesday, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
“The tragedy of what we are witnessing is that many of our younger residents are interacting with each other and not adhering to the recommended prevention measures, while our older residents continue to experience the results of this increased spread with the worst health outcomes, including death,” Ferrer said. ‘People over the age of 65 years old account for 11% of all cases but account for nearly 75 percent of all deaths. Our behaviors, including the wearing of face coverings and the adherence of physical distancing —simple actions of kindness and caring — can protect those we love.”
Ferrer noted numbers during the beginning of the week are usually lower due to a backlog in cases from over the weekend.
There are more than 2,218 people currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 throughout L.A. County, this is the third consecutive day of over 2,200 hospitalizations, according to LA DPH officials.
26 percent of those currently hospitalized are in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to Ferrer.
Testing results are available for over 1,559,000 individuals as of Tuesday, with 9.6 percent of all people testing positive, according to public health officials.
50 additional deaths have been reported Tuesday, for a total of 4,154 people who have died due to coronavirus in Los Angeles County.
As of Tuesday, a total of 3,928 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:
- 1,839 in the City of Santa Clarita*
- 69 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 1,839 in Castaic*
- 12 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 94 in Stevenson Ranch
- 30 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
- 37 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- Four in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- One in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- Two in unincorporated Sand Canyon
*As of Monday, July 20, officials had recorded 1,318 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 493 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
Additionally, 40 cases have been confirmed in nearby Acton as well as 15 in Agua Dulce.
An analysis of available data indicates that as of Monday, July 20, less than half (approximately 46.6 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.
Information courtesy of LA DPH
Public health officials are not releasing recovery numbers by city, according to the department.
See Related: Additional Coronavirus Death Confirmed At Henry Mayo
An additional COVID-19 death has been confirmed at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Monday, marking the 16th such death at the hospital and at least the 42nd for the Santa Clarita Valley.
Monday’s confirmed death brings the death total for the Santa Clarita Valley to at least 42, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Due to patient privacy laws, the age and any information regarding underlying health conditions about the patient are unable to be released, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for Henry Mayo.
As of Monday, Henry Mayo has conducted 4,793 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 555 have tested positive, and 339 tests are still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Moody.
There are 26 patients in the hospital as of Monday, an increase of three since July 15, while 151 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March, according to Moody.
92 percent of all COVID-19 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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Hey Gavin good news, even our small town paper didnt mention the P-word so you are good with respect to cause of the uptick. Nobody is allowed to attribute increased cases amongst younger people to those activities. Your control of the media is working according to plan. It is working so well that nobody questions your personal interests in businesses that remain open and thrive. In addition this successfully feeds into union narrative that young healthy people are in grave danger and we must close the schools just as the they instructed.
But they did go off script by adding the following stat that nobody will notice; 92 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the county had underlying health conditions. This may cause people to question why we are treating everyone the same as this high risk group. I am sure you will deal with them accordingly.
Anyone can pass the virus to a high risk individual. If kids go back to school and everything is allowed to reopen, people will bring the virus home to higher risk individuals. High risk people aren’t disposable people and often have conditions that are genetic and can’t be helped. You can’t just lock high risk individuals away. They, too, need to go to the store, go get things from the hardware store, go to work etc. People, all it takes is a mask, social distancing and hygiene. If you can’t do that, you must not want the economy to open. Those tools work and protect everyone. Not using those tools threw us right back into chaos. The people that won’t follow are increasing cases and causing the economy to go backwards. Further closures are now being considered because of it. Wear a dam* mask, social distance, wash your hands and for god sakes quit sending your kids to parties.