LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Public Health reported that Lake County’s COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise, while on Wednesday night the Mendocino County Health Department confirmed that county’s first death.
Lake County’s confirmed cases on Wednesday rose by 11 to a total of 133, according to the Public Health COVID-19 dashboard.
Of those 133 cases, 35 are active and 97 have recovered. Public Health has reported one death so far.
County Public Health departments were reporting a total of more than 352,000 cases and approximately 7,358 deaths statewide on Wednesday night.
Case totals for neighboring counties are Colusa, 140; Glenn, 190; Mendocino, 165; Napa, 561; Sonoma, 1979; and Yolo, 1023.
On Wednesday night, the Mendocino County Health Department reported that it was informed earlier in the day of that county’s first death caused by COVID-19.
George Chadwick, 80, Mendocino County’s 14th case who tested positive on May 15, died July 1 in a Marin County outpatient rehabilitation facility after being hospitalized at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital with COVID-19, officials said.
The Chadwick family publicly confirmed his death and the cause earlier this month but Mendocino County has awaited the official death certificate before reporting his death as being due to COVID-19.
Chadwick’s family received the death certificate first and informed Mendocino County that COVID-19 is listed as a cause of death, with Mendocino County to request the death certificate from Marin County on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday night, the Mendocino County Health Department reported six COVID-19 patients are hospitalized – two at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital, three at Howard Memorial Hospital and one at Adventist Health Ukiah Hospital. Officials said they also are handling an outbreak of five residents and two employees at Sherwood Oaks Skilled Nursing home in Fort Bragg.
Lake County reports daily variance metrics
As of Wednesday, two Lake County patients were hospitalized, a number which has dropped this week. Total hospitalizations to date stand at 10, Public Health said.
Tests conducted so far total 5,635. Of those, 5,502 have tested negative and 133 positive.
The California Department of Public Health said Wednesday that 5,793,276 tests have been conducted in California. This represents an increase of 118,321 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
Local health departments have reported 18,187 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 105 deaths statewide, officials said.
Based on daily variance metrics posted Wednesday, Lake County has had a case rate of 60.1 percent 100,000 for the previous 14 days, with a testing positivity rate of 4 percent, with daily testing averaging 147.6 tests.
Earlier this week, there were four patients hospitalized, which dropped to two, which accounts for a 50-percent decrease.
The county’s health care capacity shows that medical/surgical beds currently available total 22.9 percent, 25 percent of ICU beds are open, 75 percent of ventilators and only 50 percent of local hospitals have more than a 14-day suppl of the required personal protective equipment.days.
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Lake County reports new COVID-19 cases; Mendocino County confirms first death
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