Eden Health District COVID-19 Bulletin
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The Eden Health District is committed to ensuring that policy makers and community members receive accurate and timely information to help make the best policy and personal choices to meet and overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We are proud to partner with the
East Bay Community Foundation
to publish this COVID-19 Bulletin for the residents of the Eden Area and East Bay.
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Alameda County:
135
Contra Costa County:
108
California:
3,203
U.S.:
69,684
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Alameda County:
2
Contra Costa County:
1
California:
68
U.S.:
1,049
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East Bay Times, March 26, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus in Contra Costa County reached a milestone Wednesday morning, when the county surpassed 100 positive patients.
Press Release, Alameda County Office of Education, March 25, 2020
SF Gate, March 26, 2020
Due to overcrowding, the East Bay Regional Park District, the largest such park district in the country, announced it is closing even more parking lots and open spaces starting March 27.
SF Chronicle, March 25, 2020
Laguna Honda Hospital, a 750-person facility that serves some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable, will be placed on lockdown Wednesday evening — an aggressive step that officials say is necessary to contain an outbreak in the facility, where five staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
SF Chronicle, March 25, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to re-open a California Pacific Medical Center campus in San Francisco as part of a statewide plan to round up hospital beds in anticipation of a surge of coronavirus patients in the coming weeks. The campus in Pacific Heights halted inpatient services a year ago.
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LA Times, March 26, 2020
California’s top medical advisor said Wednesday that COVID-19 cases continue to double in the state every three to four days.That pace, he said, is on par with that of New York, where some hospitals are packed. If that rate holds, California hospitals could see a surge in patients in one to two weeks, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s secretary of Health and Human Services, said during a Facebook news conference. “We originally thought that it would be doubling every six to seven days; we see cases doubling every three to four days,” Ghaly said.
SF Chronicle, March 25, 2020
The number of coronavirus tests conducted in California more than doubled, to nearly 67,000, up from 27,000 on Monday, as dozens of new testing sites reported numbers to the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
Sacramento Bee, March 25, 2020
Four of the nation’s top banks have agreed to grant a 90-day mortgage payment waiver to California homeowners affected by COVID-19, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in a Wednesday afternoon press conference. His announcement followed an executive order he signed March 16 that encouraged cites to enact local bans on renter evictions during the coronavirus outbreak.
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CNBC, March 26, 2020
Americans displaced by the coronavirus crisis filed unemployment claims in record numbers last week, with the Labor Department reporting Thursday a surge to 3.28 million. The number shatters the Great Recession peak of 665,000 in March 2009 and the all-time mark of 695,000 in October 1982. The previous week, which reflected the period before the worst of the coronavirus hit, was 282,000, which was higher than expected at the time.
MarketWatch, March 26, 2020
"You don’t make the timeline. The virus makes the timeline." That’s what Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN’s Chris Cuomo during an interview Wednesday night. “You’ve got to be realistic,” Fauci said. “If you keep seeing this acceleration, it doesn’t matter what you say. One week, two weeks, three weeks — you’ve got to go with what the situation on the ground is.”
Reuters, March 25, 2020
New Orleans is on track to become the next coronavirus epicenter in the United States, dimming hopes that less densely populated and warmer-climate cities would escape the worst of the pandemic, and that summer months could see it wane. The plight of New Orleans - with the world’s highest growth rate in coronavirus cases - also raises fears that the city may become a powerful catalyst in spreading the virus across the south of the country. Authorities have warned the number of cases in New Orleans could overwhelm its hospitals by April 4th.
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ABC News (Australia), March 26, 2020
In particular, the practice [in China] of quarantining patients with minor symptoms away from their homes helped drastically reduce the spread of the virus in the community. Currently, almost all cases being recorded in China are from returning travelers, and while questions remain about whether China can now restart its shuttered economy without a second wave of infections, it is the largest example of how to rein in COVID-19.
Washington Post, March 25, 2020
China is winning its “people’s war” against the coronavirus. That’s the message being sent by Chinese leaders and diplomats and amplified by the Communist Party-controlled press. Wuhan, the onetime center of the outbreak, went five days without reporting new, local cases. On Monday, Wuhan reported one new case. But Wuhan’s near-zero count is being called into question by independent reporting and received with suspicion from experts.
Washington Post, March 25, 2020
The Feb. 19 Champions League soccer match contest reportedly drew over 40,000 residents of Bergamo to nearby Milan to see their hometown squad, Atalanta, take on Spain’s Valencia. Weeks later, Bergamo has earned the tragic distinction of being the hardest-hit province in the hardest-hit region, Lombardy, of Europe’s hardest-hit country.
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Editorials and Commentary
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Ed Yang, Science Writer, The Atlantic, March 25, 2020
The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Medium, March 26, 2020
Congress must take additional steps to get our public labs and companies the resources they need to ramp up production, and fast.
Drew Armstrong, Health Team Leader, Bloomberg, March 26, 2020
The U.S. is about to enter a new phase of its Covid-19 outbreak. Patients who have been diagnosed and hospitalized in recent days and weeks will start dying in greater numbers, and it’s going to look very bad.
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Personal Health and Practical Information
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LA Times, March 25, 2020
Dr. Scott Morrow, health officer in San Mateo County, is urging people to exercise only in their own immediate neighborhoods, and to stop visiting family in other households, as local authorities across California urge people to avoid worsening the coronavirus outbreak.
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Hospitals throughout the East Area are experiencing, or projecting,
a shortage of medical supplies. They are seeking business and community donations of new items in original packaging of protective masks, protective gowns and protective gear. For more information on what is needed and how to donate visit these links:
Additional lists of SF Bay Area hospitals, neighborhood clinics and hospices accepting donations can be found
here
and
here
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Please contact Barbara Adranly, EHD Clerk, at
badranly@ethd.org
to provide us feedback and stories on the local response to the COVD-19 outbreak that we have missed.
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