County reports more than 6,700 hospitalized

Los Angeles County Public Health Department officials said Friday that 6,708 are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, with 20% of those people in the ICU. However, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department has said they expect severe delays in reporting, due to power outages:

Southern California region ICU available capacity: 0%

Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 13,678

Total COVID-19 cases in L. A. County: 667,299

New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 148

Total COVID-19 deaths in L. A. County: 9,299

Hospitalizations countywide: 6,499, 20% of whom are in the ICU

Hospitalizations at Henry

Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Dec. 24: 85, with 602 discharged since the onset of the pandemic

COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 289; 250 of which came from the city of Santa Clarita

Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 15,033

Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV: 110

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: 10,454 Unincorporated — Acton: 231

Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 113

Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 22

Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 439

Unincorporated — Castaic: 2,803 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable)

Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 21 Unincorporated — Newhall: 52

Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0

Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/ Bouquet Canyon: 4

Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 8

Unincorporated — Saugus: 72

Unincorporated — Saugus/ Canyon Country: 24

Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 531

Unincorporated — Val Verde: 164 Unincorporated — Valencia: 95