Northern California was at 21% ICU availability as of Friday s update. The state s regional stay-at-home order requires further restrictions once a region has its percentage of ICU beds available drop below 15%. Risk is higher than its been at any point in the pandemic, the letter stated. Even as a region, we only have about 120 ICU beds, and 15% capacity leaves fewer than 20 beds that’s for people with heart attacks, strokes, trauma and COVID-19.
In an apparent effort to demonstrate the immediacy of danger, the officers titled the letter COVID-19: A North State Wildfire by Another Name and invoked fire-protection terms residents might be more familiar with below:
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Available Regional ICU Capacity: 21.0%
Released from Isolation to Date: 6,511
Negative Tests Thursday: 930
Total Tests: 105,900
CURRENT SITUATION
• We had 121 cases on Thursday, including 58 men, 62 women and 1 person of unknown age and gender:
8 children under age 13
9 teenagers
17 people in their 30s
13 people in their 40s
29 people in their 50s
10 people in their 60s
15 people in their 70s
3 people in their 80s
0 people over age 89
• We are sorry to have to report a death today. The patient was a man in his 60s.
• Our beautiful region is no stranger to emergency situations. In years past, the resilient people of Northern California have worked together to survive disasters as a strong, united community. When wildfires plagued us, we became all too familiar with prevention and response practices, including defensible space, sheltering safely, mitigating poor air quality and using resources wisely. These same terms apply to our current emergency, COVID-19. Th
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Northern California Region continues to be the only one in California not under a regional stay home order due to COVID-19, but health officials are urging community members to continue to use caution to protect against the virus’ winter surge.
The Northern California Region includes Lake and Mendocino counties and others going North to the Oregon border, an area with unique needs and resources.
In a joint statement from the Rural Association of Northern California Health Officers, or RANCHO, about the current situation, the group called COVID-19 “a North State wildfire by another name.”
The RANCHO statement explained, “The North State is in a state of emergency. COVID-19 cases are rising, hospitalizations are reaching record highs and new deaths are reported daily. We need to respond quickly to protect our community from this growing, devastating threat.
Jessica Cejnar / Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 @ 11:02 a.m. / COVID-19
There s A Light At The End Of The COVID-19 Tunnel, But Next Two Months Are Critical, Health Experts Say At McGuire Town Hall
With vaccines being administered in Northern California and more doses on the way though not quite as many as initially anticipated the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel is getting brighter.
But, though they were hopeful, infectious disease experts at a virtual town hall meeting hosted by State Sen. Mike McGuire on Thursday said people need to continue to wear a mask, wash their hands and refrain from gathering at Christmas if the state is to get an upper hand on the pandemic.