Good Afternoon, There are 296 new cases today (35 (11.8%) of which have a lab collection from September 1st or earlier), 3,818 additional people tested, and 5 additional deaths (25 year old male, 81 year old male, 83 year old male, 88 year old female and 90 year old female, all with comorbidities). There have been a total of 123 deaths (age range 29-107 years). Current hospitalizations are 59 and current ICU is 12.
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The State recently changed the monitoring metrics for being on the watch list to a tiered system. Learn more by clicking here. Ventura County is currently in the purple tier which they have designated as widespread transmission as of September 8th.
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The current case rate in Ventura County is 7.8 (purple tier) and 4.8% (orange tier) for the positivity rate.
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State’s Tiered System
Purple: Highest-risk tier
Positivity rate 8%+ and case rate of 7 new cases per 100,000
Red: Second highest-risk tier
Positivity rate 5-7.9% and case rate of 4-6.9 new cases per 100,000
Orange: third highest-risk tier
Positivity rate 2-4.9% and case rate of 1-3.9 new cases per 100,000
Yellow: Lowest risk tier
Positivity rate less than 2% and case rate of less than 1 new case per 100,000
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Will there ever be a daily comparison of deaths due to issues other than covid-19? Maybe that would put things in their right perspective and end this lock-down.