Santa Barbara Co. reports 226 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths
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Coronavirus Disease 2019
and last updated 2021-01-28 19:28:41-05
Santa Barbara County is reporting the deaths of six more people who had COVID-19.
Health officials say all of the patients were over the age of 70. One case was associated with an outbreak at a congregate living facility.
Santa Barbara County has had 285 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
The county also added 226 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the county s total to 27,754 confirmed cases as of January 28.
Health officials say 193 people are currently hospitalized; 25,784 people have recovered.
The Public Health Department reports that 68 of the county s 78 staffed ICU beds are currently occupied. Fifty-one of them are taken by COVID-19 patients. Eleven ICU surge beds are in use.
Santa Barbara Co. reports 134 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
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Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots.
and last updated 2021-01-27 19:44:13-05
Santa Barbara County is reporting the deaths of four more people who had COVID-19.
Health officials say three of the patients were between the ages of 50 and 69-years-old and one was over the age of 70.
Santa Barbara County has had 279 deaths attributed to COVID-19.