COVID-19 Update
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There are 138 new cases today (37 (26.8%) of which have a lab collection from August 14th or earlier), 1,032 additional people tested, and 1 additional deaths (88 year old male with comorbidities). We have had a 35.9% decrease in reported cases from the previous week (from 944 to 605). Current doubling time is 94.6 days.
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Currently, we are on the state monitoring list for case rate per 100,000 population over 14 days; in order for us to get off the monitoring list, we need to have less than 850 reported cases in a 14 day period which is an average of 60 cases a day.
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Total, we have 102 deaths (age range 29-107 years; 63 males and 39 females; 46 Non-Hispanic White, 45 Hispanic, 8 Non-Hispanic Asian, 1 Non-Hispanic Black, 1 Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native and 1 Non-Hispanic Other). All people who have died of COVID-19 in Ventura County have had comorbidities except for a 94 year old male and a 79 year old female.
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We have 141,759 people tested; 6.8% (9,695) of the 141,759 people tested have been positive.
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Currently there are 72 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 28 in the ICU.
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Please continue to wear a mask in public places, social distance and only gather with members of your family. Your actions are making a difference!
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The next report on numbers will be provided on Monday.
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Have a safe weekend!
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