County COVID-19 death toll surpasses 9,000; hospitalizations at all-time high

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials released the following updated COVID-19 statistics Tuesday, reporting a new high in hospitalizations of more than 5,800 admissions and more than 1,000 deaths in just two weeks:

Southern California region ICU available capacity: 0%

Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 12,954

Total COVID-19 cases in L. A. County: 647,542

New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 88

Total COVID-19 deaths in L. A. County: 9,016

Hospitalizations countywide: 5,866, 20% of whom are in the ICU Hospitalizations at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Dec. 21: 84, with 563 discharged since the onset of the pandemic

COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 249 Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 14,361 Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV: 101

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: 9,919

Unincorporated — Acton: 222

Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 108

Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 22

Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 417

Unincorporated — Castaic: 2,745 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable)

Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 19 Unincorporated — Newhall: 51 Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0 Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/ Bouquet Canyon: 4

Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 8 Unincorporated — Saugus: 67

Unincorporated — Saugus/Canyon Country: 21

Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 508

Unincorporated — Val Verde: 155

Unincorporated — Valencia: 95