Santa Barbara County Announces 90th COVID-19 Death

By edhat staff

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) has announced its 90th death related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The resident was over 70 years of age, had underlying health conditions, and lived in a congregate-care facility in the City of Santa Barbara and unincorporated area of Mission Canyon.

Deaths are reported when a death certificate is processed listing COVID-19 as a cause or a significant condition. The process can take several days and up to 2 months to finalize if pending Coroner verification.

PHD also announced 47 news COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the grand total to 7,916. Of those, 241 cases are currently active.

There are currently 54 hospitalizations including 23 in the intensive care unit (ICU).

More data can be found at https://publichealthsbc.org/status-reports/.

Cottage-Health Specific Numbers

Below is a status update as of August 26, 2020. 

• Cottage Health is caring for a total of 283 patients across all campuses.
• 225 are acute care patients; 163 acute care beds remain available.  
• Of the 225 acute care patients, 10 patients are on ventilators.
  80 ventilators remain available (adult, pediatric and neonatal ventilators).
• Of the 225 acute care patients, 21 are in isolation with COVID-19 symptoms;
  18 are confirmed COVID-19 positive.
• Of the 21 patients in isolation, 8 patients are in critical care.
• From August 10–16:  
  2,591 COVID-19 laboratory tests were collected by Cottage Health.
  Results: 117 positive, 2,474 negative
• From August 17–23:  
  2,292 COVID-19 laboratory tests were collected by Cottage Health.
  Results: 97 positive, 1,988 negative, 207 pending