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Sonoma County resident dies from COVID-19 complications, raising death toll to 12 during pandemic - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma County resident dies from COVID-19 complications, raising death toll to 12 during pandemic - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Jul 07, 2020 1 min, 23 secs

Sonoma County health officials reported late Monday that another local resident has died from complications of the new coronavirus, increasing to 12 the number of fatalities during the pandemic since it emerged in March.

Coronavirus has been spreading rapidly through several sectors of Sonoma County, including in senior nursing centers and among farm workers, leaving the county on the verge of landing on the state’s COVID-19 watchlist this week, the top local public health official said Monday.

Once on the state’s monitoring list — which includes 24 counties as of Monday evening, local health officials would be forced to reinstate certain public health restrictions if Sonoma County is unable to quickly reduce the sharp increase in virus infections and the growing number of stricken residents needing hospital care.

State health officials would call local public health officials to officially notify them Sonoma County has joined the group of counties being monitored.

However, Mase said the county also could start a discussion with state health counterparts about what next steps should occur to better fight the virus.

Both hospitals now are able to treat COVID-19 patients, as well as those with other health emergencies, Hill said.

Meanwhile, health care providers, along with local and state health officials, have reported long delays in getting results of virus tests, particularly from national commercial laboratories.

State officials said Monday county health departments are strained dealing with the steadily increasing number of local infections to verify, as demands intensify for case investigations and tracing of close contacts of infected residents.

Mase said at this point there’s no state guidance yet on a range of public health measures necessary to safely reopen school campuses.

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