All seven victims had coexisting health problems when they died with the virus, according to county officials.Among the 111 new cases reported Friday, 52 had a lab collection date at least one week old. You will need to register before adding a comment.
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Aug. 6, 2020, 12:56 p.m. The number of COVID-19 patients in local hospitals and intensive care units both decreased Friday. becoming a digital subscriber.

But he also said the rising hospitalizations are a large concern.County officials said Wednesday the rise in COVID hospitalizations is affecting hospitals across the county. Aug. 7, 2020, 2:43 p.m. "I know it's been very difficult and we're all anxious to get back to normalcy, but it's not the time with these numbers," Vargas said.Vargas also warned if the numbers do not decrease by the start of the school year then schools will "All decisions about bringing students and staff back to school campuses are being made based on the latest scientific data and recommendations from state and local public health officials," said County Superintendent Stan Mantooth in a statement.

Get Ventura County COVID-19 News: Daily Stats, Park & Beach Updates... Email Address . Hospitalizations dropped from 85 on Thursday to 79 on Friday, while ICU cases decreased from 26 to 22.Public health officials tracking the spread of the virus have found 17 cases were caused during travel, 2,348 were acquired through contact with another infected person, 1,988 were transmitted in the community and 3,793 are under investigation.California state officials continue to work on technical issues which have caused a backlog in COVID-19 test results using the state's reporting system, CalREDIE. "These COVID-positive patients that we are seeing in the ICU are extremely sick," said Dr. Tara Paterson, the hospital's ICU director, at Wednesday's news conference. Aug. 5, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7, 2020, 2:39 p.m. "Those patients who require mechanical ventilation often have prolonged ICU stays, they are very labor intensive, and some of them do not survive their hospital stay," she said.Fankhauser said the hospital still has more surge capacity and is still in relatively good shape. If you see comments in violation of our
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It's OK to disagree with someone's ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban. Click here to get to our interactive Data Central page: https://data.vcstar.com/coronavirus/.Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. As of Thursday evening, 434,405 Riverside County residents, 302,173 San Bernardino County residents and 132,656 Ventura County residents had been tested for COVID-19. All reporting figures are preliminary until the issues are resolved.Read or Share this story: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2020/08/07/covid-california-coronavirus-ventura-county-update-cases-deaths/3324475001/ No additional information about the fatal case was immediately available.Rigoberto Vargas, the director of public health for Ventura County, said 79 cases of the virus were hospitalized and 31 were in the ICU. The county added test results from 956 new people Friday, bringing the total number of residents tested to 119,918 in a county with an estimated population of 854,000 people.There have been 4,568 people to test positive for the virus who have since recovered, while 3,489 remain under active quarantine. A list of testing sites, including which require appointments and which are first-come first-serve, can be found by visiting The high volume of tests has not come without its own share of problems. "There is a limit to how much we can surge, and we cannot continue on the path we are on now," Fankhauser said Wednesday afternoon during a news conference, the county's first on coronavirus since the Ventura County Board of Supervisors' June 23 meeting.Parts of the medical center reached full capacity over the weekend, though ample space still remains in pediatrics, obstetrics and other units less impacted by the COVID influx, Fankhauser said.At one point Wednesday, the hospital had eight staffed beds in the intensive care unit and 10 patients needing ICU care. Subscribe . The numbers have stabilized in recent days but were averaging over double the figures from several weeks ago, he said.Vargas mentioned the importance of only going out in public with members of your household, as indoor social gatherings are one of the ways the virus spreads rapidly. To provide our community with important public safety information, the Ventura County Star is making stories related to the coronavirus free to read. Ventura County COVID-19 update: 488 new cases, 3 more deaths over weekend Editor's note: The Star is making this story free to readers due to public health concerns related to coronavirus.

The hospital’s telemetry unit was being used for the overflow ICU patients. See Latest Order. Public Health Order. More than 260,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported elsewhere in California outside Ventura County.

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