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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe are seeing increasing cases of COVID-19 in younger adults. While those over 65 years old are at higher risk of hospitalization or death, younger folks are also developing more serious disease as well. Everyone in our community is either at risk or can spread the virus to someone who is, so let\u2019s do everything we can to prevent a surge of COVID-19 and protect our community,\u201d said Dr. Dean Kelaita, Calaveras County Health Officer. \u201cPeople are urged to stay home as much as possible and avoid crowded places, confined spaces, and close contact with people not from your household. Local business must continue to follow directives to keep patrons safe and healthy, as well as require employees and customers wear face coverings.\u201d<\/p>\n
To date, Calaveras Public Health has reported sixty-seven confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those cases, twenty-one cases have since recovered and forty-six cases remain active. There have been no reported deaths related to COVID-19 in Calaveras County at this time.<\/p>\n
The best ways to avoid exposure to the virus are 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 with unwashed hands
\n\uf0b7 Wear a face covering over your nose and mouth when around others<\/p>\n
Calaveras Public Health staff continues to investigate new cases to determine any possible persons who may have had close personal contact with the positive individuals. Close contacts may be contacted by the health department, assessed and monitored for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 illness.<\/p>\n
Confirmed COVID-19 numbers in Calaveras County by Age and Gender:
\nAge Gender 0-17 6 Female 34
\n18-49
\n34
\nMale
\n33 50-64 9
\n65+
\n18
\nTotal Tested
\n3196 Recovered 21
\nActive Cases
\n46 Currently Hospitalized 0
\nPlace of Residence Under Investigation
\n0 Deaths 0
\nTOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
\n67<\/p>\n
No-cost testing for COVID-19 is available to anyone who would like to get one. The OptumServe COVID-19 testing site located at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds is open Tuesday-Saturday from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Testing is available to those age 12 and older. Walk-ins are not accepted at this time. People are highly encouraged to register online by going to www.lhi.care\/covidtesting. People without Internet access should call (888) 634-1123.<\/p>\n
Symptoms can appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
\nTo receive 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\/
\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Andreas, CA…On Friday, July 10, 2020 Calaveras Public Health reported six new cases of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. The additional cases include a male and female between 0 to 17 years of age, two females and one male between 18 to 49 years of age, and a female between 50 to 64 years of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103642,"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":[20,33,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-health-fitness","category-news","category-san-andreas","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/071020-COVID-BY-THE-Numbers-By-District.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103641","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=103641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}