- Elizabeth Larson
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More COVID-19 cases reported in Lake County
The figures posted on Friday showed Lake County’s cases totaled 108.
That’s an increase of 22 cases over the previous week.
By Friday night, county Public Health departments were reporting a total of more than 310,000 cases and 6,945 deaths statewide.
Case totals for neighboring counties are Colusa, 113; Glenn, 164; Mendocino, 113; Napa, 477; Sonoma, 1,650; and Yolo, 839.
Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace confirmed on Thursday that three state prison inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 were released to Lake County earlier this month on a special early release program. They are not counted on the local COVID-19 dashboard but in the county where they were incarcerated.
Of Lake County’s 108 cases, 25 are active and 82 are recovered. Public Health reported one death last week.
Public Health said there are three COVID-19 positive patients currently hospitalized, an increase of one since Thursday. To date, 10 local patients have been treated for the virus in the hospital.
Tests in Lake County to date total 5,309, with the results of 565 of those tests pending.
The California Department of Public Health said Friday that 5,175,737 tests have been conducted in California, an increase of 97,303 over the previous 24 hours.
The state said that local health departments have reported 17,120 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 98 deaths statewide.
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