A frustrating amount of Los Angeles County-based experienced nursing centers are amongst the hardest struck by the COVID-19 pandemic in California, according to information launched by state health officials on Friday.
For the first time, the California Department of Public Health released the names of the facilities who have been impacted. According to the data, 258 locations throughout the state have actually reported one or more positive COVID-19 cases in homeowners or employee.
Officials stated the list is a snapshot representing 86%of the state’s 1,224 knowledgeable nursing facilities that have actually reported information within the last 24 hours.
Majority of the facilities, 148, are located in Los Angeles County. Among the worst break outs is at the Brier Oak on Sundown center, which reported that 80 residents and 62 employee tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Country Villa South Convalescent Center in Palms had 58 homeowners and 15 employee test favorable.
The new data drew a fast reaction from union leaders, who called it a “clarion call to action for all of us.”
” This lethal pandemic is targeting our most vulnerable elders. Those charged with looking after them– low wage workers, almost always women– are walking into infection zones without the most fundamental of protections,” stated April Verrett, president of Service Worker International Union Resident 2015, in a statement.
Verrett likewise required “instant testing” of everyone in those centers as well as day-to-day reporting on infection rates from all experienced retirement home in California.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health, said Friday that 20 assisted living home or care centers in the county have had break outs of 20 or more individuals evaluating favorable.
” We are especially concerned about the frustrating variety of residents living in our retirement home who have passed away. I have actually requested extra assistance from our state and federal partners so we can collaborate to guarantee that our assisted living home are as safe as possible for locals and workers. This includes requesting supplemental staffing and PPE, increased ability to test locals and staff members, and improvements in infection control capacity at retirement home,” Ferrer stated in a declaration.
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