County opens new mass-vaccination site
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Los Angeles County’s newest massvaccination site Tuesday, a partnership with the federal government to continue to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide.
The federal-state site opened at California State University, Los Angeles on Tuesday, and is set to provide vaccine doses in addition to the state’s weekly allocation, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency officials, who are expected to corun the site.
The site is set to open with approximately 3,000 vaccine doses, with that figure expected to double by the end of the week to 6,000, Newsom said.
Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health officials released the following updated COVID-19 statistics Tuesday:
▪ Countywide COVID-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours: 1,260, due to holiday weekend reporting lag
▪ Total COVID-19 cases in L.A. County: 1,169,550
▪ New deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours: 120
▪ Total COVID-19 deaths in L.A. County: 19,215
▪ Hospitalizations countywide: 2,964, 31% of whom are in the ICU
▪ Hospitalizations at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Feb. 12: 39, with 1,099 discharged since the onset of the pandemic
▪ COVID-19 cases reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in the past 24 hours: 35
▪ Total COVID-19 cases in the SCV: 25,257
▪ Total COVID-19 deaths in the SCV as of Feb. 16: 240
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: 18,496
▪ Unincorporated — Acton: 422
▪ Unincorporated — Agua Dulce: 246
▪ Unincorporated — Bouquet Canyon: 42
▪ Unincorporated — Canyon Country: 754
▪ Unincorporated — Castaic: 3,527 (majority of Castaic cases come from Pitchess Detention Center; exact number unavailable)
▪ Unincorporated — Lake Hughes: 40
▪ Unincorporated — Newhall: 66
▪ Unincorporated — Placerita Canyon: 0
▪ Unincorporated — San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon: 14
▪ Unincorporated — Sand Canyon: 15
▪ Unincorporated — Saugus: 125
▪ Unincorporated — Saugus/ Canyon Country: 35
▪ Unincorporated — Stevenson Ranch: 1,004
▪ Unincorporated — Val Verde: 301
▪ Unincorporated — Valencia: 170