The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday 227 new deaths, including an additional death at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, and 12,979 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, with 16,369 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The high number of new deaths countywide reflects a significant number of deaths from the backlog associated with the Spectrum outage and holiday reporting delays. Public Health anticipates confirming additional deaths due to the backlog of death reports over the next two to three days.
To date, Public Health identified 746,089 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 9,782 deaths.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Monday confirmed 73 new deaths and 13,661 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, as Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital reported three more fatalities, bringing the Valencia hospital’s total to 70.
The Santa Clarita Valley has now tallied 16,117 COVID-19 cases 494 cases more than reported Saturday and 118 deaths; the latest Public Health dashboard lists 114 fatalities but does not yet include one of the five deaths reported by Henry Mayo last Thursday or the three new deaths the hospital reported Monday.
Daily deaths have increased by 600% in L.A. County, from an average of 12 deaths per day in early November to an average of 84 deaths per day in mid-December.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials on Saturday reported 142 new deaths and 29,464 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. Due to a service interruption caused by an outage on Friday, these numbers reflect both Friday and Saturday’s statistics.
Public Health confirmed 13,185 cases reported Saturday and 15,538 cases from Friday along with 131 deaths Friday and 5 deaths reported Saturday. Currently, 6,770 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, and 20% of these people are in the ICU.
According to the latest Public Health data, the Santa Clarita Valley has now tallied 15,623 confirmed COVID-19 cases among residents and 110 deaths which does not include the 5 additional deaths reported at Henry Mayo on Thursday.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday 148 new deaths, including 5 additional deaths at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and 13,678 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, with 15,069 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Wednesday again reported the highest number of new COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations ever reported in a single day since the pandemic began, as Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia reported its 60th COVID fatality.
Public Health confirmed 145 new deaths and 16,525 new cases of COVID-19 countywide one of the highest number of new cases ever reported and 6,155 people with COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, 20% of them in the ICU.
“Two-thirds of these patients are suffocating due to the inflammation that’s in their lungs that’s caused by the virus,” said L.A. County Health Director Dr. Christina Ghaly. “They’re suffocating to the point where they can no longer breathe on their own and they have to have someone put a tube down their throat in order to oxygenate their organs. Many of these people will not live to see 2021.”