2 clients at an Orange County assisted living home died today from COVID-19 as a coronavirus break out at the center has sickened half its residents and numerous staff members.
So far, 48 other clients and 24 healthcare employee at Huntington Valley Health Care Center, 8382 Newman Ave. in Huntington Beach, have actually evaluated favorable for the coronavirus, according to a press release from the company.
Of the 48 sickened clients, 14 remain in health centers, however their status, consisting of whether they were in ICU, was unknown by the business Tuesday evening, according to Huntington Valley officials.
One of the patients, a 77- year-old man, passed away Monday night at a medical facility, and the other patient, a 79- year-old man, passed away at the center Tuesday. Company officials did not know available Tuesday night on whether the 2 patients had preexisting conditions.
It is one of many break outs in recent days at assisted living home across California. More than 30%of those who have actually died in Los Angeles County were citizens of long-lasting care facilities; more than 70%of the deaths in Long Beach have actually been nursing house citizens.
On March 11, the facility limited access to its building to just essential medical personnel, has been evaluating its staff and medically necessary visitors, and reducing common activities, according to the company.
About 10 days earlier, at the onset of the outbreak, Huntington Valley developed a COVID-19 isolation system, and any staff members working in that unit were provided N95 masks and other personal protective devices, according to the company.
The staff members who checked favorable are self-isolating with minor symptoms, according to the business.
The staff members who worked alongside their colleagues who checked favorable are continuing to go to work as long as they don’t have signs and have not checked positive themselves.
The center, situated near Huntington Beach Healthcare facility, describes itself on its website as a “premier 24- hour experienced nursing and rehabilitation facility in the city of Huntington Beach.
Its knowledgeable nursing center license is held by Douglas Fir Holdings, based in Carlsbad, and its structure is owned by the MLG Trust, according to the California Department of Public Health’s license database.
