LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Public Health has released the latest demographics data about the county’s COVID-19 cases.
The county released this second round of demographics data on Monday evening. The information is updated weekly.
The demographics breakdowns are based on the 96 cases Public Health reported on Monday.
Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace told Lake County News that the county is having “a steady flow of new cases,” some of them from contacts with people connected to a farmworker outbreak, although he added those numbers are decreasing.
“There are some other cases emerging that don’t seem to be connected to that outbreak, most of these do seem connected to other cases that have been identified either locally or others from out of the area,” Pace said. “We don’t seem to have widespread community transmission, but there have been several cases that we have not been able to identify the source case.”
The new data shows that the majority of Lake County’s COVID-19 cases continue to be traced to close contacts to a known case, including households, family and friends with a recognized significant contact.
Close contacts account for 55 of the current cases, followed by out of county contacts to a known case or travel, 15; under investigation, 15; other/unknown, five; presumed occupational contact, four; and congregate living situations – in this case, the Lake County Jail – two.
Regarding case locations, the information is not broken down by cities and towns, but by supervisorial districts.
The largest number of cases continues to be in District 2, which covers Clearlake, where 42 cases have been reported. District 3, which covers the Northshore, has 21 cases; District 4, which covers the greater Lakeport and north Lakeport areas, has 14; District 5, which includes the greater Kelseyville area, as well as Loch Lomond and Cobb, has 12 cases; five are in District 1, which covers the south county; and two cases are listed as “unknown.”
The leading age range continues to be the 18 to 49 group, with 62 cases, followed by the 50 to 64 group, with 17 cases; birth to 17, 11 cases; and age 65 and above, six cases.
There continue to be more cases in males than females, which follows the statewide trend. Fifty-one of Lake County’s COVID-19 cases are males, while 45 are females.
The next set of data will be released on Tuesday, July 14, Public Health reported.
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Lake County Public Health releases latest COVID-19 demographics data
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