The lower number of deaths and cases may reflect reporting delays over the weekend. The Santa Clarita Valley now counts 26,173 total cases — 128 more than Friday — and 269 deaths due to COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,192,895 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 21,467 deaths. There are 1,578 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these people are in the ICU. The county is steadily making progress in reducing the average number of daily new cases of COVID-19. The seven-day average number of cases by episode date has now decreased to less than 1,000 per day. Public Health officials have not yet seen any increases in cases due to gatherings during the Super Bowl and Presidents Day weekend.