LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Six more Lake County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in what the county’s Public Health officer said appears to be a case cluster.
Lake County Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace confirmed the six new cases on Wednesday.
The new cases bring Lake County’s case total to 20, Pace said.
Regarding the newly confirmed cases, Pace said, “Most are connected with a previous case, so we would consider it a cluster. No one is in the hospital at this point.”
Of Lake County’s 20 cases, 10 are active and 10 are recovered. No deaths locally have been reported.
This is the largest number of new cases reported at once in Lake County so far during the pandemic. With the two cases confirmed on Memorial Day, it brings this week’s confirmed cases to eight.
As of Wednesday, more than 1,700 of Lake County’s 64,000 residents had been tested for COVID-19, according to Public Health’s latest reporting.
Pace had reported to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that a special test site had been set up on Friday in response to concerns about one of Lake County’s active COVID-19 cases. At that time, they tested 95 people.
The first 40 tests results came in over the weekend, yielding two positive test results which were reported on Monday, as Lake County News has reported.
Pace told the board on Tuesday that another 55 test results were expected to come back any day.
However, Pace did not respond to Lake County News’ questions about whether or not the latest six cases came from among those pending test results from the Friday site.
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Six new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Lake County
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