County reports nearly 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in 1 week

Los Angeles County Public Health officials released the following updated COVID-19 statistics Thursday:

Southern California region ICU available capacity: 0%

Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 17,323

Total COVID-19 cases in L.A. County: 975,299

▪ New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 287

Total COVID-19 deaths in L.A. County: 13,234

▪ Hospitalizations countywide: 7,906, 21% of whom are in the ICU

▪ Hospitalizations at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Jan. 13: 98, with 840 discharged since the onset of the pandemic

▪ COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 356

▪ Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 20,865

▪ Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV as of Jan. 13: 154, including two additional deaths reported Tuesday and two more Wednesday 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: 15,072

Unincorporated — Acton: 342

Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 176

Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 34

Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 615

▪ Unincorporated — Castaic: 3,211 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable)

▪ Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 34

▪ Unincorporated — Newhall: 57

▪ Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0

▪ Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/ Bouquet Canyon: 12

▪ Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 10

▪ Unincorporated — Saugus: 102

▪ Unincorporated — Saugus/Canyon Country: 26

▪ Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 807

▪ Unincorporated — Val Verde: 230

▪ Unincorporated — Valencia: 137