The California Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced the latest numbers for COVID-19 and also reported that it has created an online hub for information on how to protect against the illness.
As of Tuesday, California has 157 confirmed cases, which didn’t include passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked in Oakland.
CDPH also said it consolidated state guidance on how to prepare and protect Californians from COVID-19 in a single location. This includes guidance for:
– Health care facilities, including long-term care facilities;
– Community care facilities, including assisted living facilities and child care;
– Schools and institutions of higher education;
– Event organizers;
– First responders, including paramedics and EMTs;
– Employers, health care workers and workers in general industry;
– Health care plans;
– Home cleaning with COVID-19 positive individuals;
– Guidance for using disinfectants at schools and child cares;
– Laboratories;
– Health care facilities from Cal/OSHA.
For more information on COVID-19 and California's response visit the CDPH website.
COVID-19 in California by the numbers on Tuesday, March 11
– 2: Deaths
– 157: Positive cases (this does not include passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked in Oakland)
Of all the confirmed positive cases:
– Age 0 to 17: 2 cases
– Age 18 to 64: 91 cases
– Age 65+: 60 cases
– Unknown: 4 cases
– 24: Cases of positive tests related to federal repatriation flights
– 133: Cases not related to repatriation flights, including 50 travel-related, 30 person-to-person, 29 community transmission and 24 under investigation.
– 10,300+: Number of people self-monitoring who returned to the U.S. through SFO or LAX.
– 49 – Number of local health jurisdictions involved in self-monitoring.
– 19: Labs with test kits, 18 of which are already testing.
State launches online hub offering all available guidance on how to prepare and protect Californians from COVID-19
- Lake County News reports