COVID-19 update: Ventura County adds new cases as goals are reopened

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Ventura County added 110 new instances of COVID-19 and no new deaths wednesday, which led the county to its state-set reopening goals, according to the latest public aptitude data.

In an afternoon public briefing, Ventura County Director of Public Health Rigo Vargas said the county now records an average of instances consistent with the day, closest to the purpose of 60 new instances consistent with the day. 12. 385.

On Wednesday, the day in a row when the county did not record a new death attributed to the coronavirus, which explains COVID-19 disease, the death toll in Ventura County remains at 146.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to increase to 47 patients on Wednesday, compared to forty-five on Tuesday and 39 on Monday. Patients receiving the remedy in extensive care sets remained the same in 12 patients.

“A little higher in recent days, but we hope to have a downward trend non-stop,” Vargas said.

Ventura County processed new effects for 1,104 citizens for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 178,837, or approximately 21% of the county’s estimated population of 854,000.

In addition to the general update of COVID-19, Vargas shared updated knowledge for the maximum number of express populations at risk of contracting coronavirus or suffering significant complications.

On Wednesday, 1003 cases of COVID-19 were detected in citizens age 65 and older, or about 8. 1% of all cases in the county. Two employee populations (fitness care staff and professional and long-term care nurses) account for about 11% of all cases in the county.

Other critical populations of employees with a significant number of instances included AgriculturalArray, which had 455 instances, or 3. 7% of the county’s total, and the service sector, such as the grocery store and food venue, which had 280 instances, or about 2. 3% of the county’s total.

Vulnerable populations with fewer than a hundred cases to date come with the first to respond in 74 cases and homeless citizens with only thirteen cases detected.

Since Governor Gavin Newsom issued a new multi-tier for reopening, Ventura County has been placed on the purple-coded “generalized” tier with the most restrictions.

However, restrictions continue to be replaced at the state level, as county officials have announced that nail salons can resume operations inside regardless of level. Salons must comply with state safety rules to remain open. The state also relaxes restrictions on other activities. as a campsite and upcoming alcoholic beverage service schedules in the establishments, from 10 pm to 11 pm, which must be outdoors.

To qualify for the next level, called “substantial” and coded in red, Ventura County will need to maintain a weekly average of 60 new instances consistent with the day, as well as a check positivity rate of less than 8%. Ventura County has had an 8% decrease in check positivity rate for weeks, however, it has not yet fallen below the daily case threshold.

Negotiations with state officials proved fruitless to allow Ventura County to qualify for the “substantial” point of other parameters. However, Vargas said the state had begun to allow the adjustment of the average daily case rate to account for maximum check capacity, which may help Ventura County should be within the rating threshold for the next point.

Once within the grading thresholds, Ventura County will have to pay fees for at least two weeks to move to the reopening level. Eligible rates are updated weekly on Tuesday, Vargas said.

Ventura County is far from the only one in its existing prestige within the “widespread” point; a comparative chart shared with the report showed that all neighboring counties (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Kern) were also at the same point.

Other speakers at Wednesday’s briefing included Ventura County Board of Education Superintendent Stan Mantooth and county Deputy Director General Paul Stamper who shared updates on reopening rules for local businesses and, respectively.

Mantooth said all public school districts chose to start the school year with distance learning. Public schools will not be able to resume categories in the user until the county enters the “widespread” red landing.

“All of our districts have plans to start in-person training once our county enters the red dot and can stay there for 14 days,” Mantooth said.

An elementary category waiver program allows in-person categories with california Department of Public Health approval. So far, 25 personal schools across the county have qualified to take up in-person categories. Among public schools, the Moorpark Unified School District implemented Wednesday.

Mantooth said that when Ventura County can resume categories in person, maximum schools will opt for a hybrid style of distance courses as well as in-person courses to suit social distance guidelines. Masks will be required for all 3rd graders and seniors. will be maintained in small cohorts of up to 16 more people for widespread infection in the event of an epidemic.

For Ventura County businesses, Stamper said companies will have to register with the county before they start reopening. By entering the “widespread” level, corporations will be able to resume their domestic activities at a capacity of 25%. industry regulations, scale in https://www. venturacountyrecovers. org.

Age, location of COVID-19 instances

Oxnard, the county’s largest city, still has the number of cases shown with 4,955 citizens who tested positive on Wednesday, and Simi Valley had the current number with 1661 infections detected.

The number of instances in the regions, sorted in descending order, is as follows: Ventura, 1,351; Thousand Oaks for 1,167 instances, adding 326 in Newbury Park; Santa Paula, 823; Camarillo, 651; Fillmore, 496; Moorpark, 486; Port Hueneme, 371; Ojai, 124; Piru, 102 years old; Oak Park, 79; Oak View, 65; Somis, 52; and Bell Canyon, two.

Among citizens over the age of 65, the demographic organization with the highest threat of life-threatening complications, 525 men and 658 women tested positive.

Among citizens over the age of 45 to 64, 1,599 men and 1,651 women tested positive, while for citizens over the age of 25 to 44, 2,258 men and 2,181 women tested positive.

Among young adults over the age of 18 to 24, 990 men and 961 tested positive. There were 1,523 young people who tested positive for the virus: 762 men and 761 femen.

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The age of a man and seven women On Wednesday is unknown, the sex of 3 cases of minors, 3 cases of the elderly aged 18 to 24, 16 cases of elderly people aged 25 to 44, 4 cases of elderly people aged 45 to 64 years and two cases of elderly people aged 65 and over are unknown.

For more data and resources, www. venturacountyrecovers. org

More than 782,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in other parts of California outside of Ventura County.

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Jeremy Childs is a last-minute public protection reporter covering the afternoon shift for the Ventura County Star. You can be contacted by calling 805-437-0208 or by emailing jeremy. childs@vcstar. com. You can also do this on Twitter Jeremy_Childs.

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