Skilled nursing facilities have experienced the largest share of COVID-19 deaths among those that have died in institutional settings in Los Angeles County, according to Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer. As of Tuesday, 647 people who were living in institutional settings have died, which makes up 49 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the county. “The majority ...

Over 600 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed across the Santa Clarita Valley as of Tuesday, officials announced. As of Tuesday afternoon, a total of 603 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley. These include: 436 in the City of Santa Clarita 22 in Castaic 19 in Stevenson Ranch 27 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon ...

A total of 27,815 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County as of Tuesday afternoon, officials said. An additional 1,638 COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer. Supervisor Hilda Solis encouraged the community to donate blood, amid a blood shortage nationwide during the coronavirus outbreak. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the addition of six symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19 on their website. The added symptoms include chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of taste or smell, according to the CDC.  These symptoms join the previously-identified symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of ...

At least 295 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed within the Santa Clarita Valley as of Tuesday afternoon, with 31 patients in the hospital, officials said. As of Tuesday afternoon, there are 244 confirmed cases in the city of Santa Clarita, 12 in Castaic, 15 in Stevenson Ranch and 21 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country, according to the ...

Santa Clarita residents and KHTS Owners Carl Goldman and Jeri Seratti-Goldman donated blood for antibody testing to researchers with the Providence Hospital system. The pair were among those that were aboard the Diamond Princess while it experienced a coronavirus outbreak that led to a positive test from Goldman, while Seratti-Goldman tested negative for the virus. The antibody testing they volunteered ...

The projected number of patients to be hospitalized by COVID-19 has been significantly curtailed by Los Angeles County’s “Safer At Home” order, according to a new report published by the county’s Department of Health Services (DHS). A number of measures have been taken in an attempt to “flatten the curve”; that is, to prevent the hospital system from facing a ...

At least 186 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed within the Santa Clarita Valley as of Monday afternoon, officials said. As of Monday afternoon, there are 150 confirmed cases in the city of Santa Clarita, nine in Castaic, 11 in Stevenson Ranch and 14 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...

A total of 6,360 coronavirus, COVID-19, cases have been confirmed in Los Angeles County, officials said Monday. There have been 420 new cases confirmed Monday alone, with over 1,083 cases in the past 48 hours, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health. “It’s very important to us that if you’re elderly or you ...

There are now  2,472 confirmed coronavirus, COVID-19, cases in Los Angeles County, officials said Monday. A total of 342 new coronavirus, COVID-19, cases have been confirmed in Los Angeles County, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. In addition to the newly reported cases, Ferrer also confirmed that there have been seven ...