Public Health officer confirms sixth COVID-19 case in Lake County
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Wednesday, Lake County’s sixth positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed.
Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace said the patient is in the hospital and stable.
“We are in the process of getting contact information to see where it came from and if there is any community spread,” Pace told Lake County News in an email.
He added, “We won’t give out any other information at this point, but we do want to emphasize the importance of staying at home, wearing masks and washing hands.”
Lake County’s first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on April 5, as Lake County News has reported.
The first five cases were the result of out-of-county contacts, with the virus being spread to family members, according to Public Health.
The sixth case is the first in which Public Health has reported a hospitalization.
In a Wednesday video message, which can be viewed above, Pace said that out of the first five patients, three already were out of isolation.
“Everybody’s doing well,” and there was no sign of any transmission outside of the families in those cases, he said.
Pace said Public Health has so far conducted approximately 300 tests for the virus, with quite a few test results still pending.
Lake County’s latest case comes as the number of cases across California reaches around 26,000, based on reports from Public Health departments across the state.
In a late Wednesday afternoon report, the California Department of Public Health reported that there have so far been 821 deaths statewide, an increase of 63 since the agency’s Tuesday report.
Also on Wednesday, the Lake County Health Services Department launched a new online dashboard that shows more data on local cases.
Lake County’s updated statistics show that three of the six confirmed cases are active and three have recovered. No deaths so far have been reported.
Lake’s neighboring counties have reported the following confirmed case counts: Colusa, three; Glenn, four; Mendocino, four cases; Napa, 38 cases, two deaths; Sonoma, 160 cases, two deaths; Yolo, 102 cases and four deaths.
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