One Death and 50 New COVID-19 Cases Announced
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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Jun 08, 2020 01:00 PMDoes 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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Jun 08, 2020 02:18 PMPublic health department does not report on weekends. You'll get data on Friday and on Monday.
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Jun 08, 2020 01:35 PMThe Public Health Department stopped giving daily reports.
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Jun 08, 2020 12:28 PMThe 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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Jun 07, 2020 06:16 PMI read an article in the NY Times about how they are transferring COVID-19 patients up from the Mexicali area to hospitals around CA, including Cottage Hospital here in SB: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/coronavirus-border-mexico-california-el-centro.html
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Jun 07, 2020 08:31 AMWith 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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Jun 07, 2020 07:00 PMThx Shasta Guy :)
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Jun 07, 2020 06:38 PMThere 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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Jun 06, 2020 11:05 PMIt looks like a lot is going to open up on June 12: https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-set-reopen-schools-bars-232200615.html
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Jun 07, 2020 07:31 PMLOL Opening bars and schools... interesting Headline...
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Jun 07, 2020 07:42 AMHere’s the June 12 opening order from the State of CA: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR20-113.aspx
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Jun 07, 2020 07:37 AMOn 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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Jun 06, 2020 09:46 PMIt'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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Jun 08, 2020 02:33 PMThanks CSF, I'll take that as great news. Hopefully the little buggers bio-clock is ticking down. Fingers crossed .
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Jun 07, 2020 07:25 PM@CHELSEA: That's a pretty interesting deletion. The affected protein is called ORF7a, and you can see an X-ray diffraction structure of it here (http://www.rcsb.org/3d-view/6W37/1). ORF7a is a Type 1 transmembrane protein that associates itself into the plasma membrane of the host cell, as well as an organelle inside the cell called the Golgi Apparatus. If you look at the structure you'll see several green arrows, which are cartoon representations of beta sheets. You can of course change the representation on the side panel to show that actual atoms, but that's not important. Note how the beta sheets arranged into a motif known as a beta-sandwich, which allows the protein to fit between the lipids that make up membranes. The mutation (deletion) removes two of those sheets, which you can see for yourself by mousing over the sequence above the structure, which starts with ELYH...and continue until you reach the LL at postion 16, just before K17. That's what's missing. The function of ORF7a, on behalf of the virus, is to hang out in the plasma membrane and prevent BST2 (Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Antigen 2) from tethering newly formed virions to the membrane so they don't escape. ORF7a also has the ability to cause apoptosis, which is programmed cell death. So these missing beta sheets may mean that you have a defective ORF7a, which would mean that BST2 would function to prevent the virus from spreading rapidly though the host, possibly giving time for the immune system to knock down the infection. In other words, SARS-CoV-2 will become less deadly.
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Jun 07, 2020 11:42 AMCSF , 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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Jun 07, 2020 07:24 AMNo I V ?
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Jun 06, 2020 06:01 PMIt's time to reopen the libraries, the YMCA, and take the caution tape off the picnic tables in the local parks. Let's get this show on the road!
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Jun 06, 2020 01:48 PMI guess Santa Maria did more Memorial Day partying than SB. Hence the spike, only in north county.
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Jun 06, 2020 08:51 AMMy 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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Jun 06, 2020 06:31 PMAHCHOOO, 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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Jun 06, 2020 02:32 PMYES, Achchoo, great analogy!!!
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Jun 06, 2020 10:41 AMYour 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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Jun 06, 2020 10:18 AMYou 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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Jun 06, 2020 09:31 AMthe 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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Jun 05, 2020 10:08 PMSpeaking of double standards:
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/05/fact-check-huntington-beach-coronavirus-blm-protest-photos-real/3154358001/
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Jun 06, 2020 04:58 PMJust because you failed to mention it:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/501388-cities-removed-police-officers-excessive-force-george-floyd
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Jun 06, 2020 03:55 PMChip. How many people have corona virus protesters murdered? 0 How many people have the BLM /Floyd protesters murdered? 37 murders and 2-3 thousands injured.
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Jun 06, 2020 10:36 AMOh Chip, so naive. It is so hard for some people to accept the racist framework the current policing style is based on in many places. Why? Does your username mean you are a CHP officer?
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Jun 06, 2020 10:14 AMHow 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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Jun 05, 2020 09:09 PMJust about 2 weeks from Memorial day...... as predicted
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Jun 05, 2020 08:06 PMSuper sad about the stats. My business will surely close, in phase 3 but not one of the businesses to open next week.
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Jun 06, 2020 10:25 AMWe 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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Jun 05, 2020 08:34 PM8:06 hang in there! Let us know your shops name so we can come and support you once you’ve opened. We have to work together.
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Jun 05, 2020 07:20 PMThere's your "spike"
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Jun 05, 2020 07:14 PMjust saw on another news site that newsom is allowing qualified counties to enter phase 3 next week!
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Jun 06, 2020 12:53 PMHow 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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Jun 05, 2020 11:23 PMMAC: You said it, the protesters have double standards. Thanks for agreeing for a change.
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Jun 05, 2020 09:43 PMNice dodge away from explaining your double standard over which demonstrators to complain about.
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Jun 05, 2020 09:23 PMActually, 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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Jun 05, 2020 09:10 PMSuperfreak, you didn't have a problem when the anti-mask people protested.
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Jun 05, 2020 08:51 PMFrom 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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Jun 05, 2020 08:46 PMIf 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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Jun 05, 2020 08:31 PMGood I’m glad that guy finally realized we can’t stay closed forever, most of us understand that. Santa Barbara had its usual 2 cases which is where I live and my main concern. No spike here.
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Jun 05, 2020 06:56 PMWhen 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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Jun 05, 2020 06:22 PMThat’s 45 new cases for Santa Maria. That could be the start of an upward trend. Or, they ramped up the testing and simply caught more cases. We’ll see how the next few days go.
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Jun 06, 2020 08:03 AM@10:55pm: To get the daily cases by city, first click on the publichealthsb.org website, then you have to click on the “Status Reports” icon. Then you should see “Geographic Area” table with the first column the new cases for each city in our county. Sometimes the link to the public health website isn’t in the daily article, so just go to an older article which is what I do sometimes.
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Jun 05, 2020 11:42 PM10:55 p.m. There is a link to the County Public Health page in this article. It has the breakdown of the daily cases by age, city, etc.
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Jun 05, 2020 11:02 PMa-1591423227. You can get the breakdown by city on the Santa Barbara county public health page. Lots more info than provided in news articles.
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Jun 05, 2020 10:55 PMWhere did you get the number of cases for SM? The article I see only states the number of cases for the county.
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