LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Public Health has confirmed that recent test results show that nearly a dozen additional county residents have contracted COVID-19.
On Monday, Lake County’s cases grew from 140 to 151, according to the Public Health COVID-19 dashboard.
Of those, 31 cases are active and 119 are recovered. Earlier this month Public Health said one patient had died.
Currently, two patients are hospitalized. Public Health said 12 of Lake County’s cases have required hospitalization to date.
Other specifics about the cases were not available Monday.
County Public Health departments statewide reported more than 396,000 COVID-19 cases and 7,760 deaths in California as of Monday night.
Lake’s neighboring counties reported the following totals on Monday: Colusa, 223; Glenn, 219; Mendocino, 199; Napa, 632; Sonoma, 2,212; and Yolo, 1,196.
Public Health said a total of 6,143 tests have been conducted for Lake County residents.
The California Department of Public Health said there have been 6,414,321 tests conducted in California, an increase of 127,469 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
The state said local health departments have reported 19,734 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 107 deaths statewide.
Public Health said Lake County’s positivity was at 4 percent – up from 2.9 percent in the last report late last week – with a case rate of 61.7 per 100,000 for a 14-day period and an average of 181.5 tests per day.
The county also reported that 40 percent of the county’s medical/surgical beds and 38 percent of intensive care unit beds are available, and all of the county’s ventilators are free.
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