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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s crucial to understand that as we open up more areas of our county so do opportunities for the virus to spread in our community,\u201d said Dr. Dean Kelaita, Calaveras County Health Officer. \u201cEverything has some risk, but we are not risk-free when it comes to COVID-19. Further cases may signal the need to take certain measures to protect the health and well-being of our community and slow the spread.\u201d<\/p>\n
Calaveras Public Health staff is investigating the new cases to determine any possible persons who may have had close personal contact with the positive individuals. Close contacts will be assessed and monitored for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 illness.<\/p>\n
There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best protection against COVID-19 continues to be to:
\n\uf0b7 Stay at least 6 feet away from people outside of your household
\n\uf0b7 Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
\n\uf0b7 Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth
\n\uf0b7 Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissues, or your elbow (not your hands)
\n\uf0b7 Wear a face covering over your nose and mouth to protect others<\/p>\n
A COVID-19 testing site operated by OptumServe is open at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds Monday-Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Walk-ins are welcome. Appointments can also be made by going to www.lhi.care\/covidtesting. For people without internet access, call (888) 634-1123. Days and hours will change to Tuesday-Saturday from 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. starting on Tuesday, June 16th. Testing is available to those age 12 and older.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo-cost testing is available in Calaveras County and we urge anyone who needs a test to get one,\u201d said Dr. Kelaita. \u201cTesting tells you if you have a current infection and does not mean that you will not get sick. Regardless of the results, people should continue to take preventive actions to protect yourself and others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Symptoms can appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
\n\uf0b7 Fever or chills
\n\uf0b7 Cough
\n\uf0b7 Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
\n\uf0b7 Fatigue
\n\uf0b7 Muscle or body aches
\n\uf0b7 Headache
\n\uf0b7 New loss of taste or smell
\n\uf0b7 Sore throat
\n\uf0b7 Congestion or runny nose
\n\uf0b7 Nausea or vomiting
\n\uf0b7 Diarrhea<\/p>\n
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for Calaveras County is now twenty-five. Of those confirmed cases, fifteen cases have since recovered. To date, there have been no reported deaths to COVID-19.
\nConfirmed COVID-19 numbers in Calaveras County by Age and Gender:
\nAge Gender 0-17 2 Female 14
\n18-49
\n11
\nMale
\n11 50-64 2 Unreported 0
\n65+
\n10
\nUnreported 0
\nTest Results Received 1,722
\nRecovered
\n15 Deaths 0
\nTOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
\n25<\/p>\n
Beginning Friday, June 12, 2020 Calaveras Public Health will group cases and release information on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. To receive the most up-to-date numbers, information, and resources related to COVID-19 visit the Calaveras County COVID-19 website at https:\/\/covid19.calaverasgov.us. Follow Calaveras Public Health on Facebook www.facebook.com\/calaveraspublichealth\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Valley Springs, CA….On Thursday, June 11, 2020, Calaveras Public Health reported four additional cases of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. The four cases include 2 people between the ages of 18 to 49 years old, one person between the ages of 50 to 64, and one person over the age of 65 years old. All four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angels-camp","category-arnold","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cccovid.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}