30 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported as part of the 881 new cases across Los Angeles County on Monday. The Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus total is now 6,461 with the Los Angeles County total reaching 282,982, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Low numbers reported on Monday reflects a lag in testing ...

After the recent re-openings of nail salons and malls for indoor operations, public health officials are encouraging businesses to follow coronavirus worksite safety protocols. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues to see COVID-19 outbreaks in businesses and workplaces. In the last two weeks, 118 outbreak investigations were opened, according to the department.  “Because of the possibility of ...

Public health officials are urging residents to avoid gathering with those outside their household as coronavirus cases rise in Los Angeles County, officials said.  As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout L.A. County communities, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges participation with case investigation and contact tracing efforts. To date, nearly 139,000 people who are or were positive ...

Los Angeles County has reported over 1,600 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the highest one-day number of coronavirus cases since August, as the positivity rate remains to hold. 1,645 additional coronavirus cases have been reported Wednesday, bringing the Los Angeles County total to 277,445, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The L.A. County ...

Public Health officials are outlining the importance of COVID-19 contact tracing, as Los Angeles County cases and hospitalizations decline.  The Los Angeles County Department of Public health urged those diagnosed with COVID-19 to participate in the contact tracing program to curb the spread of coronavirus. “There continues to be widespread COVID-19 transmission in L.A. County,” said Public Health officials on ...

Public health officials are not expecting a “surge” in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County from the Labor Day weekend after cases rose after the Fourth of July and Memorial Day holidays.  As the incubation period for COVID-19 of about two-to-three weeks passed from Labor Day, there is no surge in cases predicted, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of ...

Over 100 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed within the Santa Clarita Valley Friday, the highest number of new COVID-19 cases for SCV since mid-June. 115 new Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported on Friday, along with 1,401 additional Los Angeles County cases, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. This brings the Santa Clarita ...

Coronavirus deaths at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County have declined, officials said Thursday. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is seeing a steady decline in COVID-19 deaths in skilled nursing facilities in L.A. County. Skilled nursing facility COVID-19-associated deaths peaked in the beginning of May with 190 deaths a week. By mid-September, deaths in skilled nursing ...

Los Angeles County has made progress on “key” coronavirus recovery metrics since the mid-July case surge, public health officials said Wednesday.  Currently, L.A.County is in the most restrictive Tier 1 of the state “Roadmap to Recovery” with daily COVID-19 cases and positivity rates — the two metrics measured  — declining in the past weeks, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer director ...

Los Angeles County meets the coronavirus criteria for the next tier of reopening and is able to move onto Tier 2 if the numbers hold for two weeks, officials said Tuesday.  Los Angeles County has met the metric thresholds for Tier 2, which is the substantial risk level, according to California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.” Per state guidelines, Los ...