niman Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 As of March 17, 2020, 6 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, there are a total of 598 positive cases and 13 deaths in California (including one non-California resident). This total does not include passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked in Oakland. Ages of all confirmed positive cases: Age 0-17: 13 cases Age 18-64: 392 cases Age 65+: 188 cases Unknown: 5 cases 24 – Cases of positive tests related to federal repatriation flights 574 – Cases not related to repatriation flights 91 – Travel related 88– Person-to-person acquired 142 – Community acquired (see map of local health jurisdictions reporting community transmission - PDF) 253 – Under investigation Approximately 11,900 people are self-monitoring, across 49 local health jurisdictions, after returning to the U.S. from travel. Twenty-one public health labs in California are testing samples for COVID-19. These labs include the California Department of Public Health's Laboratory in Richmond, Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin (located in Solano), Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura County public health laboratories The Richmond Laboratory will provide diagnostic testing within a 48-hour turnaround time. More public health labs will soon be able to test samples for COVID-19. This means California public health officials will get test results sooner, so that patients will get the best care. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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