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A COVID-19 buildup that gave the impression of starting last October in Ventura County included 158 new cases of virus reported Thursday, the most weekdays in the region in more than two months.
During the week ended Friday, Ventura County public physical activity reported 638 cases of the virus, while a week earlier, 390 cases were reported.
“This seems like a steady increase,” said Rigoberto Vargas, Ventura County’s director of public conditioning, urging others to meetings, wearing masks, and sticking to social estating protocols. “I’m worriedArray . . . very worried. “
Officials said that if the building continues to grow over the next few weeks, it could bring Ventura County to the red dot, the second strictest, in the state’s four-tier reopening plan. This would mean that corporations that have grown or opened inside may simply face serious restrictions.
“This can simply disclose to us the threat of returning to the purple (level), which means corporations will be affected again,” Vargas said, noting that this decline would continue in weeks.
The increase comes after a drop in COVID activity of approximately two months that followed a sudden summer increase when hospitalizations increased and the county landed on a state watch list.
Vargas said the symptoms of the new increase could have arisen in the county’s daily case rate of 100,000 citizens, one of the measures used through the California Department of Public Health to allocate degrees and the point of restrictions facing the regions.
Knowledge is calculated with a delay of one week. The county’s undesyed case rate is higher than an average of 5. 2 cases consistent with the day consistent with 100,000 more people for the week ending October 17 to 5. 9 cases for the week ending October 24.
Vargas said the rate will most likely rise again on Tuesday when the state shows knowledge of the last week of October. The rate is adjusted for check volumes and deserves to be firmly anchored at the red level.
Other COVID parameters in the county are still relatively good, adding the rate at which other people who verify COVID test test positive, the number of hospitalizations for the virus, and the need for remedy in extensive care units.
But the rate of cases is moving in the direction, if it continues to increase, hospitalizations, serious illnesses and deaths may also increase, Vargas said.
“We just have to get ahead of the curve as soon as possible,” he said.
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The accumulation gave a more dramatic impression in COVID cases reported through Ventura County Public Health. For 3 days in the first week of November, 417 cases of viruses were reported.
The 158 instances reported on Thursday correspond to the report of the week from August 20, Vargas said, while the 147 instances reported on Friday correspond to this day of the week from mid-August.
The daily case report is misleading because it includes some cases in which others were examined a week or more ago, Vargas said.
Other counts also involve additional accumulation in instances, adding an average of 55 instances consistent with the day in Ventura County during the last week of October. Two weeks earlier, the county had an average of 44 instances consistent with the day.
While dozens of states across the country report an increase in cases of the so-called 3rd wave, parts of California have reported a slower increase. In Los Angeles County, cases increased from an average of 940 cases consistent with the day. for a week in early October to more than 1275 instances consistent with the day at the end of the month.
In Ventura County, construction includes cases, long-term care services, and a case involving a cell football club, said Vargas, who also cited the unverified option of a link between COVID construction and Halloween-related activities.
In a paint incident involving at least 16 cases of viruses, the employer gave the impression of sticking to the masking and social estating protocols. The seizures involving the staff gave the impression of breaks occurring and before and after the paintings, Vargas said.
In the situation, a user suspected of being exposed broke his early quarantine to go on vacation and the user developed the virus, like his spouse, Vargas said.
“Maybe other people have let their guard down,” he said, calling for action to oppose the developing trend.
People will have to adhere to protocols that have been consistently preached for more than 8 months, he said. Respect social distance. Wash your hands. Avoid meetings, especially indoors.
“We know we’re all tired of COVID. That’s still what needs to be done,” Vargas said.
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Public fitness is also tracking cases in Simi Valley, Fillmore, Santa Paula and parts of Oxnard to see if recent increases in the virus continue. It is also possible that the option to travel in Los Angeles County is a contributing factor.
Officials are also involved in the colder weather and inactive flu season so far possibly increasing the threat of COVID.
They worry about Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s meetings. They cite state directives recommending that celebrations be limited to 3 households, take an outdoor position if possible with social estating and other protocols in place.
At a news convention Wednesday, Ventura County Chief of Public Health Robert Levin advised others to make plans for Holiday demonstrations to take another step: they ask all their visitors to take a COVID-19 3 or 4-day screening test before the meeting.
“This adds a layer of security,” he said.
The 147 instances reported Friday brought Ventura County above the 15,000-case mark, leading the county to a total of 15,048 cases.
Ventura County on Thursday recorded two more deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Thursday’s deaths concerned a 78-year-old man and a 79-year-old man, both with fitness problems. The death toll in the county is now 169.
Of the non-fatal cases, Ventura County has lately had 804 active cases quarantined, while 14075 have recovered from the coronavirus. A week ago, Ventura County had 562 active cases, a net accumulation of 242 cases.
The number of positive cases of hospitalization in COVID increased to another 36 people on Friday from 30 on Thursday.
Friday’s new instances were among the effects of another 1,471 newly tested people, bringing the total number of other people tested in the county to 223,887.
Editor Jeremy Childs contributed to this report.
Tom Kisken covers physical care and news for Ventura County Star. Contact him at tom. kisken@vcstar. com or 805-437-0255.
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