County Public Health calls COVID numbers “realistic and alarming”

LA County Public Health Service officials provided updates on COVID-19 daily during Monday’s briefing, and the city of Santa Clarita was listed as one of the 15 cities with the highest rate of new diagnoses in the county.

Santa Clarita is ranked 11th in 88 county cities in the county’s top 15 cities with an increasing proportion of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population, with 16 new SCV areas as of Monday. I am reporting a case. Public health director Barbara Ferrer said the cities on this list are under close scrutiny by the ministry.

“We constantly monitor the number of cases on a daily basis, but more importantly, capacity issues and how the cases are reflected in hospitalization,” said Cameron Smyth, Mayor of Santa Clarita. “We still have sufficient capacity in local hospitals. It is important to remember that currently nearly 25% of cumulative cases of SCV are due to local correctional facilities. It’s important to see, but we will continue to track the case with the health authorities. “

According to Feller, the number of cases per day for COVID-19 has increased significantly, with an average daily number of cases ranging from 750 cases per day in October to over 1,400 cases as of Monday. Has almost doubled.

“This isn’t the backlog,” Feller said. “These are realistic and amazing numbers. I’m worried that the cold weather will overwhelmingly increase hospitalizations.”

Feller also advised those who attended rallies and protests as a result of quarantine elections that they may have been exposed to the virus due to the prevalence of local infections in the county.

Governor Gavin Newsom also provided up-to-date information on COVID-19 numbers across the state at another briefing on Monday. This indicates that the number of cases per day has increased, with an average of over 5,000 cases reported per day.

“Our number of cases is on the rise,” Newsom said. “The average for seven days was 5,889, and (on Sunday) that number exceeded 7,000.”

Newsam added that the number of cases dropped significantly in October, when the state confirmed an average of 3,000 cases per day, but recent numbers are beginning to reflect the high number of cases the state had in the summer. ..

The state’s positive rate on Monday was 3.7%, and Newsom said it was about 2.5% compared to the positive rate on October 19, representing an increase of 1.2% over the past three weeks.

“We are not ashamed to test people,” Newsom said. “I want to see more tests. I’m approaching about 200,000 tests every day. This is a record number of tests backed by this new state laboratory, PerkinElmer.”

PerkinElmer opened a test lab in Valencia last week. During the briefing, Newsam said it was just getting started, with about 1,000 tests a day and about 40,000 cumulative tests since the lab opened.

The cities on the county’s watch list are:

• Pacoima
• Sun Valley
• Palmdale / Lancaster
• Unincorporated East Los Angeles
• Van nys
• Mountain
• Downey
• Pomona
• North Hollywood
• Glendale
• Santa Clarita
• South exit
• Florence-Firestone
• Canoga Park
• Panorama city

Public health also released the next updated COVID-19 figures on Monday. One more death was reported in the Santa Clarita Valley over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 77.

County-wide COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours: 1,431

Total number of COVID-19 cases in LA County: 323,625

New COVID-19-related deaths reported in the last 24 hours: 5

Total COVID-19 deaths in LA County: 7,177

County-wide hospitalization: 855; 29% are in the ICU and 15% are on ventilator.

Hospitalized at Henry Mayo New Hall Hospital as of November 9th and 21st. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 321 people have been discharged.

COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the last 24 hours: 16 and 10 were from the city of Santa Clarita.

Total of COVID-19 cases in SCV: 7,767

Total number of deaths from COVID-19 in SCV: 77

The number of cases of SCV, including daily figures for all community health care providers and figures at Pitches detention centers, is as follows by region:

City of Santa Clarita: 4,743

Not Incorporated – Acton: 92

Not Built-Freshwater: 44

Not Incorporated – Bouquet Canyon: 10

Not Incorporated – Canyon Country: 179

Not Incorporated – Castique: 2,224 (Most of Castique’s cases come from Pitches Detention Center, the exact number is unknown)

Not Incorporated – Lake Hughes: 6

Not Incorporated – New Hall: 29

Not Incorporated – Placerita Canyon: 0

Not Incorporated – San Francis Skeet Canyon / Boukay Canyon: 2

Not Incorporated – Sand Canyon: 7

Not Incorporated – Saugus: 39

Not Incorporated – Saugus / Canyon Country: 12

Not Incorporated – Stevenson Ranch: 221

Not Incorporated – Val Verde: 106

Not Incorporated – Valencia: 53
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