LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Officials reported that Lake County is ending the week with another uptick in COVID-19 cases, while the positivity rate for testing had edged down.
The Lake County Public Health COVID-19 dashboard showed on Friday that cases had risen to 140, up by three over the previous day.
Of those 140 cases, 36 are active, 103 are recovered and one has died, Public Health reported.
On Friday night, COVID-19 cases statewide totaled more than 371,000 with nearly 7,600 deaths, based on a compilation of data posted online by county public health departments.
Lake’s neighboring counties had the following case totals on Friday night: Colusa, 173; Glenn, 214; Mendocino, 177; Napa, 583; Sonoma, 2,068; and Yolo, 1,101
Lake County Public Health said three local patients currently are hospitalized and there have been a total of 12 hospitalizations for Lake County COVID-19 patients.
Tests to date total 5,770, including the 140 positive cases and 5,630 negative test results, Public Health reported.
The California Department of Public Health said Friday that 6,044,099 tests have been conducted in California, an increase of 128,591 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
The state said local health departments have reported 18,857 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 105 deaths statewide.
Lake County’s daily variance metrics show that it has a case rate of 67.8 per 100,000 for a 14-day period, with a 2.9 percent positivity rate – down from 4 percent earlier in the week – and an average of 159.4 tests per day.
As for hospital bed availability, 48.6 percent of medical/surgical beds and 25 percent of ICU beds are available, and 95 percent of the county’s ventilators are free.
On Friday, both Lake County’s hospitals had more than a 14-day supply of personal protective equipment on hand, Public Health said.
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