Public Health reports nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 cases

As cases and hospitalizations continue to climb throughout Los Angeles County, Public Health

officials released the following updated COVID-19 figures Wednesday: Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 3,944 Total COVID-19 cases in L. A. County: 348,366

New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 36 Total COVID-19 deaths in L. A. County: 7,335

Hospitalizations countywide: 1,188; 27% of whom are in the ICU Hospitalizations at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Nov. 18: 20, with 348 discharged since the onset of the pandemic

COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 114

Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 8,481

Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV: 80

The number of SCV cases, including all area health care providers’ daily figures and those at Pitchess Detention Center, broken down into region, are as follows:

City of Santa Clarita: 5,303 Unincorporated — Acton: 98 Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 55 Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 15 Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 196 Unincorporated — Castaic: 2,288 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable) Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 9 Unincorporated — Newhall: 31 Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0 Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/ Bouquet Canyon: 3

Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 7

Unincorporated — Saugus: 45

Unincorporated — Saugus/Canyon Country: 12 Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 249 Unincorporated — Val Verde: 113 Unincorporated — Valencia: 57