Masks are expected to be required at large outdoor events in Los Angeles County starting Thursday, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, according to an updated health officer order. The updated Health Officer order requires all persons at an “Outdoor Mega Event to wear a face mask, except when actively eating or drinking,” according to a Tuesday announcement. The order goes ...

Los Angeles County is set to reinstate the mask mandate indoors, including in Santa Clarita, regardless of vaccination status starting Saturday due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The new mask mandate is set to go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, and requires both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals to wear masks while indoors. This mandate ...

Five new deaths and 175 new positive cases of confirmed COVID-19 were announced by the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Public Health) Sunday, with four new confirmed cases in Santa Clarita.  Public Health released the latest data on positive cases of COVID-19 with 175 positive tests across L.A. County and four in Santa Clarita, according to Public Health.  The ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials reported that new metrics showed continued progress in terms of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday. With declining COVID-19 case and test positivity rates, L.A. County remains in the least restrictive yellow tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy as of Tuesday. “We continue to urge everyone eligible to ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) reported under 250 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, including seven new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley. Public Health reported 248 new positive cases of COVID-19 across L.A. County and seven new cases within the Santa Clarita Valley on Sunday.  The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting ...

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are continuing to decline in Los Angeles County, reaching the lowest five-day average since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. As o Friday, there are 376 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 22 percent of these people are in the ICU. The five-day average of daily hospitalizations is 389, the lowest since the beginning of the ...

As Los Angeles County prepares to enter the yellow tier of reopening, public health officials are cautioning residents to celebrate Cinco de Mayo safely this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) urges everyone to celebrate Cinco de Mayo safely this Wednesday. Precautions residents can take include avoiding large crowds, celebrating outdoors, ...

An additional 466 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths were reported by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) across L.A. County on Sunday.  In addition to the 466 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths, the LADPH is reminding businesses to ensure that there are no crowded spaces or places, all outbreaks of three or more are ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Friday that approximately 30% of people between the ages of 16-49 in L.A. County have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. As of Friday, approximately 30% of the persons in the newly eligible group of people between 16-49 years of age, around 4,949,863 people, have received their first ...

Around 87 percent of reported COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in Los Angeles County occurred in people with at least one comorbidity, according to L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials. 87 percent of people who have been hospitalized in L.A. County due to coronavirus had at least one comorbidity, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes, according to Public Health ...