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This handout photo provided Carlson Management and taken in the spring of 2020 shows a plexiglass cubicle, dubbed the “Sneezeguard 3000,” at the Rockville Terrace assisted living home in Fairfield, California. A staff member built this and other cubicles for the company’s three assisted living homes in California so that family members could visit safely with family members while on their phones during the coronavirus pandemic. They started using the cubicles in April and report that they’ve had very little coronavirus in their facilities due to these and other safety measures.
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This handout photo provided Carlson Management and taken in the spring of 2020 shows a plexiglass cubicle, dubbed the “Sneezeguard 3000,” at the Rockville Terrace assisted living home in Fairfield, California.
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Photo: Associated Press
This handout photo provided Carlson Management and taken in the spring of 2020 shows a plexiglass cubicle, dubbed the “Sneezeguard 3000,” at the Rockville Terrace assisted living home in Fairfield, California. A staff member built this and other cubicles for the company’s three assisted living homes in California so that family members could visit safely with family members while on their phones during the coronavirus pandemic. They started using the cubicles in April and report that they’ve had very little coronavirus in their facilities due to these and other safety measures.
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This handout photo provided Carlson Management and taken in the spring of 2020 shows a plexiglass cubicle, dubbed the “Sneezeguard 3000,” at the Rockville Terrace assisted living home in Fairfield, California.
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Photo: Associated Press
Three Bay Area counties are now on the California Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 watchlist.
On Friday, Marin County joined Solano and Santa Clara counties on the list.
According to the CDPH, Marin County is seeing elevated virus transmission and more hospitalizations. Some of this is due to the massive outbreak at San Quentin, where 1 in 3 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, the state noted an increase in community transmission among essential workers and “outbreaks in congregate settings and Latinx neighborhoods.”
Solano County ties part of its surge to “many dozens” of vineyard workers getting sick over the last two weeks; the state says those individuals work in Sonoma and Napa counties but reside in communities in Solano County. An “ongoing surge in cases related to family gatherings and other social gatherings on the weekends” is exacerbating the county’s rise in hospitalizations.
Santa Clara County is experiencing an increase in hospitalizations for coronavirus, but the state believes much of this can be attributed to patients from other counties seeking care there. Patients transferred from long-term care facilities are also landing in county hospitals. Once the epicenter of the Bay Area outbreak, Santa Clara County’s hospitals are some of the state’s most experienced at treating COVID-19 patients.
“Although the percentage change in hospitalizations shows an increase, the increase in the absolute number of patients hospitalized is low relative to the size of the population in Santa Clara County and is low relative to the number of hospital beds available in the county,” the California Department of Public Health said.
Many rural counties, like Stanislaus, are seeing an increase due to family gathering-related clusters and “decreased attention to personal protection measures such as face coverings and social distancing.”
Counties on the state’s watch list are working with the CDPH to identify the causes for any worrisome trends and next steps to mitigate the virus spread.
Contra Costa County, which was on the watchlist last week, has since been removed as its outbreak became less severe.
Coronavirus in the greater Bay Area: Links you need
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Alameda County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Contra Costa County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Lake County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Marin County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Monterey County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Napa County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
San Benito County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
San Francisco County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
San Mateo County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Santa Clara County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Santa Cruz County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Solano County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
Sonoma County: Find the latest COVID-19 numbers and health order.
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