LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen again, Lake County’s Public Health officer confirmed on Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Gary Pace said that the test results for the four new cases came in late Monday.
Pace said the latest testing results bring Lake County’s total caseload to 30. Two additional cases previously included in Lake County's total have since been transferred to their home counties.
Of Lake County’s 30 current cases, 11 are active, one is hospitalized and one is housed in the Lake County Jail and in stable condition. The remaining nine are stable and under home isolation, Pace said.
The Lake County Public Health COVID-19 dashboard shows that approximately 2,151 individuals in Lake County have been tested, with the results of 133 of those tests still pending.
“Even with these latest identified cases, we are seeing some clusters of infections, but no widespread community transmission,” Pace said. “Because of the robust contact tracing that occurs with each new positive test, it is common that secondary infections are identified.”
Pace said COVID-19 is highly contagious and therefore easily spread, particularly in the period before the individual knows they are infected.
“We have a significant number of active COVID-19 infections in Lake County right now, and investigations remain ongoing. It is possible further positive cases will be identified as that process progresses,” Pace said.
In his report on the latest cases, Pace said “increased social movement generally brings increased risk of COVID-19 infection, as the virus is pervasive in our region.”
He added, “While we have yet to have documented cases tightly related to reopening of a particular category of business activity, reasonable precautions should be exercised, and only increasingly so as sectors reopen.”
Pace urged community members who think they may have been exposed to get testing right away. “It may make a significant difference for people close to you.”
Information on testing is available here.
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