The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Friday reported 216 new laboratory-confirmed deaths and one new COVID-19 death in the Santa Clarita Valley over the past week.
Public Health now releases COVID-19 data on a weekly basis. This is the most recent data as of Friday, February 2.
The new data brings the total number of deaths in Los Angeles County to 37,311, to 3,866,254 and the total number of cases in the Santa Clarita Valley to 104,686 since March 2020. Deaths from SCV due to COVID-19 stand at 592.
As COVID-19 symptoms begin to subside, public health recommends that senior citizens remain on their own
Signs of COVID-19 have begun to decline from record levels a few weeks ago, but still remain high, underscoring the need to continue taking precautions, especially for elderly residents.
Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wastewater, account for 64% of last year’s winter peak for the week ending Jan. 20, up from 67% the week before. Hospitalizations also began to decline, with an average of 654 COVID-positive patients hospitalized the week ending Jan. 27, compared to 726 the week before. Deaths stagnated at an average of 5. 0 deaths per day during the week ending Jan. 8, comparable to the 4. 9 deaths per day reported last week. Influenza and RSV activity has declined since their peak, but both viruses continue to circulate at peak levels.
The level of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Los Angeles County, as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), remained at low levels. Today, the CDC reported 6. 7 new hospital admissions related to COVID-19, compared to 100,000 more people during the week ending January 27. As a result, Public Health is ending the Health Officer Order that recently required healthcare staff and visitors to wear a mask when in contact with patients or running in patient care spaces in physical care provider settings. approved that provide care to hospitalized patients. As of today, wearing a mask is no longer mandatory for all staff and visitors to those services. Health care workers at licensed fitness centers who have not obtained up-to-date COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations continue to wear a mask when in contact with patients or when working in patient care spaces during the season. respiratory viruses. which ends on April 30. For the purposes of this order, the fitness officer. Public Health continues to strongly insist that all visitors and running staff in licensed physical care settings wear a mask when in contact with patients or when running in patient care spaces.
While key signs recommend a slowdown in transmission, it remains vital that all residents, and especially older residents, continue to take common-sense precautions against COVID-19. These include staying home if sick, getting tested, seeking treatment, and getting an up-to-date COVID-19 vaccine.
Older adults are more likely to get very sick, be hospitalized and die from COVID-19 than younger people. For the 90-day period ending Jan. 8, COVID-19 hospitalization rates were four times higher, and death rates were five times higher, among Los Angeles County residents ages 65-79 compared to those ages 50-64. Despite this increased risk, only about 1 in 4 Los Angeles County residents 65 and older have received the newly updated COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to protect against the severe effects of COVID-19. At least one dose of the vaccine that became available in September 2023 is recommended for everyone six months and older, even if they had earlier versions of the vaccine, had COVID-19 in the past or are in good health and don’t get sick often.
Because the COVID-19 virus evolves over time, it is important to receive the updated dose that has been formulated to provide greater protection against the new strains of the virus recently circulating in Los Angeles County. The new vaccine can also repair immunity that might have waned over time and decreased the risk of getting long COVID and other post-COVID conditions. Unlike other respiratory illnesses, COVID-19 circulates year-round and increases during the summer. Getting vaccinated now can help protect against spread. viruses that can occur even after respiratory virus season is over.
The updated COVID-19 vaccine remains free and easy to obtain in Los Angeles County. Residents can make a stopover in ph. lacounty. gov/vaccines or Myturn. ca. gov to locate a vaccination site near them. Vaccinations will also be delivered at county public fitness centers and public fitness POD sites. A full list of vaccination sites on ph. lacounty. gov/vaccines can be found by clicking on the links under the Get Vaccinated segment of the site.
Residents who are home-bound or have difficulty leaving their home safely can request an in-home vaccination by calling the Public Health InfoLine at 1-833-540-0473 or by completing an online request form at http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/vaccine/vaxathome/. The Public Health InfoLine is free and available to Los Angeles County residents, regardless of their insurance or immigration status, seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents can also contact their healthcare provider to schedule a vaccine appointment.
Public Health publishes data on COVID-19 on a weekly basis. The table below shows data on cases, wastewater, emergency departments, hospitalizations, and deaths in Los Angeles County over the past four weeks.
All daily averages are 7-day averages. Data for past weeks are subject to change in future reports. Time periods covered by each metric: cases = week ending each Saturday; wastewater = week ending each Saturday, with a one-week lag; ED data = week ending each Sunday; hospitalizations = week ending each Saturday; deaths = week ending each Monday, with a three-week lag; death percentage = week ending Monday, with a one-week lag.
Case data are presented up to the date of the episode, an approximation of the date of disease onset, and death data are presented up to the date of death. This is an update on how case and death data was presented prior to July 26, 2023, as of the date of the report. Average daily cases don’t come with Long Beach and Pasadena; The average number of daily deaths comes from Long Beach and Pasadena.
A wide range of COVID-19 insights and dashboards from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on Public Health’s online page at http://www. publichealth. lacounty. gov, including:
– COVID-19 Response Plan
– COVID-19 Vaccines
– Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
– Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http://publichealth. lacounty. gov/media/Coronavirus/
– California Department of Public Health: https://www. cdph. ca. gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019. aspx
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
– CDC españolhttps://espanol. cdc. gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index. html
– World Health Organization https://www. who. int/health-topics/coronavirus
– Los Angeles County citizens can call 2-1-1
William S. Secondary School District COVID-19 DashboardHart Union
Since the state of emergency was lifted, the William S. Hart Union High School District will no longer release dashboard information.
Santa Clarita Valley Update
The L.A. County Public Health dashboard reported one additional death from COVID-19 in Acton and one new death in Lake Hughes, bringing the total number of deaths in the SCV to 579.
NOTE: As of December 20, 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health transitioned to a new geocoding procedure to ensure the accuracy and integrity of geocoded data. Geocoding is the process of assigning an address to express geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude). As a result, approximately 1,500 cases (0. 04%) were removed from the cumulative count because they were decided to be beyond jurisdiction through enhanced geocoding. The change to this enhanced procedure also resulted in minor adjustments in the cumulative number of cases/deaths across the administering district, service delivery plan domain, city/community, and domain poverty categories.
The following is the community breakdown of the 592 deaths in the SCV per L.A. County’s dashboard:
Santa Clarita: 479
Castaic: 35
Acton: 21
Stevenson Ranch: 19
Unincorporated Canyon Country: 11
Agua Dulce: 8
Val Verde: 6
Lake Elizabeth: 4
Lake Hughes: 3
Valencia: 2
Unincorporated Cannon Bouquet: 2
Newhall: 1
Unincorporated Saugus/Canyon: 1
VCS cases
Of the 104,686 reported to Public Health by VCS to date, the breakdown of the network is as follows:
City of Santa Clarita: 77,287
*Castáico: 10,152
Stevenson Ranch: 6,337
Canyon Country (unincorporated): 3,964
Actons: 2,118
Valle Verde: 1,280
Freshwater: 1,043
Valencia (unincorporated west of I-5): 1,000
Saugus (unincorporated part): 363
Lake Elizabeth: 307
Bouquet Canyon: 222
Lake Hughes: 215
Saugus/Canyon Country: 153
Newhall (Unincorporated portion): 109
Sand Cannon: 64
San Francisquito/Ramo Canyon: 47
Placerita Canyon: 25
*Note: The county cannot separate the Castaic and PDC/NCCF numbers because the county uses geolocation software that will be replaced at this time, according to officials. Click here to view the LASD COVID-19 panel.
California by the Numbers
California now posts weekly COVID updates on Fridays. Data updated as of Friday, February 2:
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