SAN FRANCISCO (KGO)– Over 10%of skilled nursing centers in the Bay Area are amongst the hardest struck by the COVID-19 pandemic in California, according to data launched by state health officials on Friday.
For the first time, the California Department of Public Health launched the names of the facilities who have been impacted. According to the data, 258 areas across the state have reported one or more positive COVID-19 cases in citizens or staff members.
Officials said the list is a photo representing 86%of the state’s 1,224 skilled nursing centers that have actually reported information within the last 24 hours.
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12%of the centers lie in the Bay Location, Santa Clara County, 11, has the most COVID-19 infected facilities in Northern California.
Below are the hardest hit centers in the Bay Area
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Over half of the centers, 148, lie in Los Angeles County. One of the worst outbreaks is at the Brier Oak on Sundown center, which reported that 80 residents and 62 team member checked positive for the coronavirus.
The brand-new information drew a quick action from union leaders, who called it a “clarion call to action for everyone.”
” This lethal pandemic is targeting our most vulnerable seniors. Those charged with caring for them– low wage employees, often females– are strolling into infection zones without the most basic of defenses,” said April Verrett, president of Service Personnel International Union Local 2015, in a declaration.
Verrett also called for “immediate testing” of everybody in those facilities as well as daily reporting on infection rates from all knowledgeable retirement home in California.
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Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health, said Friday that 20 retirement home or care centers in the county have actually had outbreaks of 20 or more individuals checking positive.
” We are specifically concerned about the frustrating number of homeowners living in our retirement home who have actually passed away. I have asked for additional assistance from our state and federal partners so we can work together to guarantee that our retirement home are as safe as possible for residents and workers. This consists of requesting for extra staffing and PPE, increased capability to check citizens and employees, and enhancements in infection control capacity at nursing homes,” Ferrer said in a declaration.
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