County continues to experience ‘horrific loss of life’ due to virus

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials released the following updated COVID-19 statistics on Tuesday:

Southern California region ICU available capacity: 0%

Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 11,994

Total COVID-19 cases in L. A. County: 944,319

New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 288

Total COVID-19 deaths in L. A. County: 12,674

Hospitalizations countywide: 7,926, 22% of whom are in the ICU

Hospitalizations at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Jan. 11: 98, with 827 discharged since the onset of the pandemic

COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 214

Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 20,285

Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV as of Jan. 11: 140, including two additional deaths reported Tuesday by Henry Mayo.

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: 14,614

Unincorporated — Acton: 332

Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 170

Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 32

Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 593

Unincorporated — Castaic: 3,173 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable)

Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 33

Unincorporated — Newhall: 57

Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0

Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/ Bouquet Canyon: 11

Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 10

Unincorporated — Saugus: 101

Unincorporated — Saugus/Canyon Country: 27

Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 778

Unincorporated — Val Verde: 225

Unincorporated — Valencia: 129