Wastewater testing is being used by Los Angeles County to detect the coronavirus. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, in conjunction with the California Department Of Public Health and the California State Water Resources Control Board, is testing for coronavirus in sewage water to help track the disease’s spread. How It Works The coronavirus is mainly spread through respiratory infection, ...

With the Omicron variant spreading at a rapid rate, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) released data showing that patients are increasingly being sent to the intensive care unit for “severe” symptoms.  The seven-day average of coronavirus related admissions and the total number of patients admitted into the ICU as of Jan. 17 had increased from ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that a set of four free at-home COVID-19 tests would be available for delivery to residential houses, including those in the Santa Clarita Valley. A set of four at-home coronavirus tests are now available for delivery in residential addresses in places like Santa Clarita, according to the USPS. “There will be free tests ...

An individual working at the coronavirus testing site at the College of the Canyons Valencia campus was diagnosed with COVID-19, college officials confirmed Monday. On Monday evening, college spokesman Eric Harnish sent an email out to the faculty and staff of College of the Canyons to inform them of the diagnosis. “We are writing to provide notification that a member ...

Governor Gavin Newsom spoke at a new $25 million COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia on Friday, which is expected to significantly increase the state’s testing capacity. Newsom spoke at the new facility on Livingston Avenue in Valencia, which opened Friday. The lab is expected to be able to process up to 150,000 test kits daily, focusing on the most commonly ...

Smoke from the Bobcat Fire has prompted the closure of several coronavirus testing sites across Los Angeles County, resulting in a drop of reported COVID-19 cases.  Several testing sites, including the College of the Canyons site, were closed from Thursday to Sunday due to wildfire smoke and recent extreme weather, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.  ...

The Santa Clarita COVID-19 testing site at College of the Canyons has been closed temporarily due to unhealthy air brought about by smoke from the Bobcat Fire. On Saturday, officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that several COVID-19 testing sites would be closed down temporarily due to “safety concerns from the unhealthy air quality in ...

14 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported Saturday as well as 1,177 new cases across Los Angeles County, officials said.  The total number of cases in the Santa Clarita Valley is now 5,510 with the Los Angeles County total reaching 253,176, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.  Public health officials are reminding residents ...

The governor announced a new partnership to improve testing efficiency and capacity by opening a new lab in Valencia.  Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a new partnership with PerkinElmer to create a lab that will double the state’s capacity of daily testing, increasing it to over 250,000 tests per day.  This “first-of-its-kind” agreement aims to disrupt the testing marketplace, help ...

An additional 823 cases of coronavirus have been identified in Los Angeles County along with 10 additional deaths, as protests continue across Southern California. Since L.A. County began relaxing the “Safer at Home” order, there has been a marked increase in the economic health of the county, according to Los Angeles County Supervisor, Kathryn Barger. “Last week we saw 17.8 ...