One Death and 50 New COVID-19 Cases Announced

June 5, 2020, 6:17 am 13.1k Views 45 Comments

Source: PHD

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) is reporting the fifteenth death of a resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The individual resided in the City of Lompoc and was in their 60’s with underlying health conditions. As of today, there are [50 new cases for a total of] 1,787 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County. 981 cases are at the Federal Prison in Lompoc, 806 are community cases, and 1,594 cases are fully recovered.

“We express our condolences to the family and friends of the individual who passed. As we proceed with opening additional sectors, we ask community members to continue doing their part by practicing physical distancing, washing their hands, and wearing face coverings,” said Van Do-Reynoso, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director.

Although most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms, PHD recommends additional measures to prevent exposure among vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with underlying health conditions (such as diabetes, cancer, immunodeficiency, asthma, COPD and others). PHD recommends that residents, especially those who are vulnerable:

  • Stay home when possible
  • When engaging in tasks away from home, remain six feet away from others and wear a face covering.
  • Wash your hands with soap and water regularly.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Please visit Santa Barbara County’s coronavirus web page for other preparedness resources and updates at https://publichealthsbc.org/.

For general questions about COVID-19 and precautions currently recommended by Santa Barbara County Public Health, call the Santa Barbara County Call Center at (833)-688-5551.  The Call Center is open weekdays (except for holidays) from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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  2. When will things be shut down? I think we need to start taking bets. One thing I keep wondering about is how many tests per day are happening in SB and what % of tests are from residents of SB City followed by more demographic information. We might be comparing apples and oranges if we are looking at different socioeconomic populations and why people are getting tested (known exposure vs not) . Could we have a more affluent and whiter population being tested in SB City vs a poorer and browner population with a larger percentage of essential workers vs a population that may include people who are retired or more able to work from home? Is there a concerted effort to outreach to people who represent the same patient population that has been identified in Santa Maria?

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  3. I’ve been wondering that as well, so I’ve been recording the number of test reported per day, and it hasn’t fluctuated much. In fact, today’s total is a bit on the low side. Here are the tests/day for the past 5 days, beginning Monday: 417, 671, 553 536, and 461. The average is 528 with a SD of +/- 87 (16%). For comparison, the cases in Santa Maria for the past 5 days, beginning Monday: 5, 16, 10, 11, 45. The average for that is 17 with a SD of +/- 14 (82%). The two sets of data are not correlated, and it really appears they have a serious problem up there.

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  5. I have no idea what it’s like in Santa Maria, but the chronically elevated cases up there suggest lessened social distancing and other protective measures. 45 cases seems like a jump well above the trend line. I’d give it a couple days, but I have a bad feeling about it. In looking at lots of charts, there can be very high one day spikes followed by the normal low count days. Between people getting sick of the lockdown and all these protest gatherings we may be headed into a nasty turn of events.

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  7. I stopped in Santa Maria last week to get gas. They are much more relaxed on their protocols. This increase is no surprise to me after what I saw. 10-15 people in a gas station convenience store without a mask and all 4 employees not wearing masks. This is anecdotal evidence but evidence none the less.

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  10. Yes, it’s anecdotal, but informative none the less. Conversely, Goleta has had very few numbers, and I see people wearing masks everywhere and maintaining a good distance from one another. The City of Santa Barbara has had more cases than Goleta, and from those posted photos of Downtown, with lots of unmasked people, I guess it’s anecdotally suggestive as well.

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  11. If people are allowed to crowd the streets and protest, shouting and spreading aerosolized droplets everywhere, then the entire city, state, and country should be opened up completely. No double standards.

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  12. From the Indy article on the latest status report: “Next week will reveal if the Memorial Day opening of many Santa Barbara businesses is leading to a new spike in cases, Ansorg went on, noting the approximately 14-day incubation period of the virus. He said recent protests and rallies over the death of George Floyd could cause additional spread, but he was quick to note that “most protesters are behaving very responsibly with wearing masks and keeping at least some distance between each other.””

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  15. Actually, I did post several articles regarding the efficiency of various materials used for homemade masks, as well as a study comparing the efficiencies of N95 versus surgical masks. Are you suggesting that I’m anti-mask?

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  24. AHCHOOO, I’m in agreement with 2:32 PM, great analogy! To put things into perspective, the average deaths per day from COVID-19 is 2,309, as of May 22. HIV/AIDS is 2,110. Seasonal flu is 1, 027 without any Herculean efforts beyond a sometimes effective vaccine. The only contagious diseases with more deaths/day are Hepatitis B (2,430) and Tuberculosis (3,014). Clearly, COVID-19 is a problem in many places, despite our great fortune in the southern end of SB County. Minimizing the danger is totally foolish, but so is keeping everyone in perpetual lockdown. The best thing is herd immunity, assuming no serious mutations that enable the virus to evade the immune system or worse—another recombination in a host that is infected with something worse. I’m definitely not an anti-vaxer and have had every know vaccination, due in part to my work with blood born pathogens, but I will not be the first in line for the COVID-19 shot. You’re right, the authorities don’t know what to do, and neither do I. It’s just best that we open up cautiously.

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  25. My god. Covid is currently the 123rd worst killer in Santa Barbara. The total since February has been equal to 1 week of heart attacks in our county. One week. But as the economic elites insist (def. – people who are getting their financial needs met by government employment, investments, corporate work at home, etc) we need to shut this county down until a cure, no groups no concerts, no business because I might get sick. And of course underlying health issues for number 15. All lives are important even the ones the elites ruin,

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  26. the goal is to fight all causes of death as best we can. just because more people die from heart disease doesnt somehow make coronavirus not coronavirus. but go ahead and run around without your mask and get all up in peoples faces do your thing

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  27. It’s amazing that in the midst of a North County outbreak, and more cases in the City of Santa Barbara, and a few in Goleta after nearly a month of nothing, that the SBPHD has stopped updating numbers on the weekend. I guess Ansorg and Van Do-Reynoso must be busy at Pascucci getting breathed on by the owner.

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  28. How many people have corona virus protesters murdered? How many people have corona virus protesters attacked and injured? How many buildings did the corona virus protestors loot, burn, and vandalize? I think that has a lot to do with the amount of police presence responding to the riots now compared to the protests then.

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  29. You can have gatherings, socialize without masks, etc. the new rules simply require you to articulate that whatever you are doing is a protest for a left wing cause. Instead of hosting a concert, call it the “defund the police department” protest/fundraiser concert and you are good to go. Just have to adapt to the changing times.

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  30. We all share responsibility for the destruction of our businesses and the livelihoods of so many families. We should never have allowed the shut down to continue for so long. Tear off the masks, go out, and spend money at local businesses! Hopefully we can save the businesses that have manages to hang on and start the long process of economic recovery.

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  32. Your reasoning seems to be like a kid who was forced to use an umbrella in the rain. You didn’t get wet, so obviously the umbrella wasn’t necessary. Maybe the reason we’ve had relatively few deaths is *because* we shut down? It’s true, the authorities didn’t and still don’t know exactly the right thing to do. We are opening up substantially. We’ll see what happens.

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  34. How so? The anti-mask demonstrators, obviously, wore no masks. You didn’t peep. The anti-racism protestors wore masks and socially distanced. You accused them of not doing so, and potentially spreading the virus. Sound pretty double standard to me, basing medical criticisms on your con politics.

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  36. There is negligible community spread occurring on the south coast from Goleta to Carp: only two cases reported on Friday. The vast majority of south coast cases are already recovered. Take standard precautions while shopping, use hand sanitizer immediately upon exiting the store before you touch your face, and you’ll be fine. I’ve been in nearly every store from Goleta to Smart & Final on the lower east side, but my preference is TJs on De La Vina and Calle Real in Goleta. They seem to be the most conscientious in terms of sanitary precautions.

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  40. On Friday, Newsom’s California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Gahly announced that schools, campgrounds, movie and tv productions, zoos, gyms, bars, and professional sports could reopen under strict rules and alterations beginning on June 12th, California Globe reported. The advanced Phase 3 reopenings would also include updated rules for already partially reopened places such as hotels, museums, and casinos.
    “According to Dr. Gahly, counties will only be allowed to move up to the advanced Phase 3 if coronavirus cases remain low, adequate testing is done, and that counties have shown that they are prepared for a greater number of re-openings, as well as being prepared for upticks in the number of cases in case of another outbreak.” Even the 4 Seasons Biltmore will reopen 6-15.

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  42. With all the limited local information we are able to access does anyone else have an opinion the safest local area to go in person food shopping. My opinion is between Turnpike and Patterson ( Vons or Ralphs) as lowest areas of Community Spread .

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  43. CSF , do you have an opinion this ?”The scientists at ASU said that they had detected a gene deletion in one sample from several hundred Arizona patients that potentially reduced the fitness of the disease. Notably, they claimed it was similar to a deleted sequence observed in the 2003 SARS virus that was observed near the end of that disease’s epidemic—possibly signaling that COVID-19 may be bound for a similar fate”.

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  44. Does anyone happen to know why the reporting about Covid on EdHat and some of the other local outlets has changed quite a bit in the recent two or so weeks? Prior to, there was a report every single day with the full number of new cases, how many of those were in each area (SB, Santa Maria, etc), # of deads and where. Then, there have been multiple periods with no daily report and when they started again they are in different format…more general I mean, like “25 more cases with most in Santa Maria,” but missing the broken out info. It would be nice to have the original detailed format each day. Just wondering what caused the change and why. Also, when you search covid 19 Santa Barbara on google and get the summary section, which I usually look at each day, it has been showing 11 deaths ever since the day after we had 11 deaths (used to be updated every day) but was never updated since then. Since that info seems to be a summary from some source (not sure which), I’m wondering what has been going on locally where the increases are no longer reaching this source. https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+19+santa+barbara+cases&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS693US693&oq=co&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j69i60l3j69i65l2j69i60.838j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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  45. The data put out by Ventura County shows the number of positive tests, the total number of people ever hospitalized, and the total number of people ever in an ICU. 15 % of the people that test positive are hospitalized, and 1/3 of them have to be put in an ICU. 1/2 of them never make it out. Ages 25-44 and 45-64 have the largest numbers of positive tests at about 33% each. The highest death rates in the County are in the poorest Cities of Piru, Santa Paula, and Fillmore.

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