First California Death From Coronavirus; 11 Total Dead in the US
The first California death from COVID-19, in the outbreak that began late last year in China, has occurred, according to Placer County Public Health officials. This makes a total of 11 deaths in the US so far.
“The person, an elderly adult with underlying health conditions, was the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county and is now the first to die from the illness in California,” a Placer County press release stated. “While we have expected more cases, this death is an unfortunate milestone in our efforts to fight this disease, and one that we never wanted to see,” said Placer County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “While most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms, this tragic death underscores the urgent need for us to take extra steps to protect residents who are particularly vulnerable to developing more serious illness, including elderly persons and those with underlying health conditions.”
According to the press release, “The patient tested presumptively positive on Tuesday at a California lab and was likely exposed during international travel from Feb. 11-21 on a Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico. The patient was in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville.”
The press release further stated,
Preliminary understanding from the contact investigation is that this patient had minimal community exposure between returning from the cruise and arriving at the hospital by ambulance on Feb. 27. Contacts to this case include ten Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers and five emergency responders who were exposed prior to the patient being put in isolation, and are now in quarantine. They are not exhibiting symptoms but are being quarantined and monitored. Other cruise passengers may have also been exposed. Placer County Public Health is working closely with Sacramento County Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify and contact other cruise passengers.
As shared previously, this case is travel-related and does not represent local transmission but health officials believe local transmission is likely in the future.
LA County with seven confirmed COVID-19 cases has declared a state of emergency. California has had 51 cases confirmed so far–the most of any other state.
Earlier Chapters:
- CDC Says California Now Has Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus
- One Case of Covid-19 (Previously Known as Novel Coronavirus) in Humboldt County
- Answering Questions About Covid-19 (AKA the Coronavirus) in Humboldt County
- Trinity Co. DHHS Asks Residents Who Have Traveled to Hubei Province, China, or Have Had Direct Contact With Someone Who Has to Contact Them
- Guidance for Business Owners on How to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19)
- Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Says They Cannot Confirm a Second Case of COVID-19
- Washington Post Reports New Coronavirus Case in Northern California of ‘Unknown Origin’; DHHS Says Not Humboldt County
- State and Federal Response Lacks Places to Quarantine COVID-19 as Pandemic Evolves
- Of Cannabis and Covid-19
- Humboldt County Covid – 19 Patient released After No Longer Showing Symptoms
- UPDATE 10:40 a.m.: Breaking News, First US Death]Humboldt County Prepares as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Emerge Across the Nation
- Second US Resident Dead in Covid-19 Outbreak
- Six Now Dead in the US as Covid-19 Takes Further Toll in Seattle Area
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This person was already in confinement and then let loose so it seems to me like they’re not doing a very good job I’ve decided whether they have it or not for their let-go that’s not a good thing to be happening
??Tic,toc knock knock.??
Yawn. Buy more buttwipe. That will save you.
This is exactly why we need too close the boarders.
Damn those boarders! They are sleeping everywhere and eating our food. Get them back to their homes so we can stop taking care of them!
The response of our Government has been equivalent to a complete disaster.
The response of our Government to this crisis, compared to other countries is what made me check the box for Bernie yesterday.
I never was excited about Sanders.
But…
Our government and health care system are completely failing us right now.
US is about 7.6% mortality rate currently, far above the global average of 3.4%.
But South Korea, with over 5,000 cases is maintaining a 0.6% mortality rate.
What’s going on?
The South Korean healthcare system is run by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and is free to all citizens at the point of delivery. The system is funded by a compulsory National Health Insurance Scheme that covers 97% of the population.
https://www.treatmentabroad.com/destinations/south-korea/healthcare-system-south-korea
South Koreans have the right to universal healthcare, ranking first in the OECD for healthcare access.[1] Satisfaction of healthcare has been consistently among the highest in the world – South Korea was rated as the fourth most efficient healthcare system by Bloomberg.[2][3]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_South_Korea#Comparisons
It’s called incomplete data.
Undoubtedly, there are more than 101 cases in the USA.
Who knows (not you), maybe the real mortality rate is closer to 0.5% once a statistically significant number of cases are diagnosed in a given area.
The data makes a point of the time between first reported case and first death as being an important factor for mortality rates.
Being that we haven’t tested more than 500 people, and the tests had to be remade for being faulty, and we still don’t have them available at 3 months in – shows a huge deal.
The South Korean health system obviously is more advanced than ours.
Indeed it was me telling you and others – over and over – that not not all cases are counted.
Indeed I also described to you what is now being realized: We are far behind on known cases. I predicted to you 500 california cases within 2 weeks ( now 1 week 2 days).
That will bring our mortality rate down, for sure.
But that does not mean we have succeeded in anything regarding this emergency.
And we should look at those who are succeeding, like South Korea. Where citizen health is a priority.
My 500 cases in CA was likely low. But I also have reason to think that we missed a few deaths too over the last month.
Your persistence at misrepresenting what I said is amazing. The only thing I pushed with all your posts about this virus is that the data is incomplete and don’t hang your hat on any of it. The only data set of any significant size was from China and the validity of that set was questionable because of the source.
As I said before, there is not enough information to know what the mortality rate will ultimately be with this virus.
The mortality rate is only the head of the issue.
Your admitting our failure by noting that we may be way behind on testing, are you not?
The fact that we aren’t testing 1 million people by Feb 10th is already a failure that will lead to more deaths, quarantines, school closures, hospital bills and lost business revenue.
And I guarantee if we’re this far behind now, we won’t ever be ahead of South Korea in terms of healthcare system quality or ability.
No, I’m not. How do you test people who show no symptoms?
Do you want the CDC to go door to door?
You are obviously not paying attention.
See you next week, with respect.
Currently, Johns Hopkins says there are 157 confirmed cases.
And there may be 1000 or 10000 undiagnosed cases that are asymptomatic or so mild as to not raise a flag.
Listening this morning to an NPR segment on how hard it was to get tested…I’m inclined to believe that 1000 at least is likely to be short.
100,000 current US cases has been discussed as possible by credible sources.
Because the CDC had stupid guidelines on testing, and were short on tests anyway, there’s a good chance we have missed many deaths.
159 at the moment.
But only 110 of those were diagnosed here, 49 were repatriated pre-diagnosed abroad in Wuhan or the Cruise liner.
110÷11×100=10% mortality for USA.
To Ullr’s statement about America’s success in fighting Covid and testing asymptomatic cases, there is no way to test them if we can’t even test those with symptoms at our national epicenter.
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-05-20-intl-hnk/h_bd646edddf77d191971796b200e2bb87
I was forced to listen to rush limbaugh (his stand in, as he is sick with lung cancer, apparently) and hannity on a car radio today while riding with a relative. To hear them speak trump is doing a absolute stand up, knock out job of dealing with this virus, better than any other world leader. They are also looking forward to him being reelected if biden is his opponent, and they played loop after loop of bidens gaffs. The establishment is scared of Bernie, and are lining on both sides against him. I have many criticisms of Bernie, but he is a viable opponent to trump and biden is not, at least not unless trump actually screws up in a way that he can’t bs his way out of. His management of this pandemic could be just such a thing.
It gets tiring, the ‘fuck you there’s nothing to worry about’ crowd and the ‘we are all gonna die’ crowd. Somewhere in between is the correct response. But when dealing with emerging viruses we’re dealing with something that no one truly understands. It’s not a fucking game. When an unknown infectious virus that has a high mortality rate pops up on the scene…….YOU FUCKING PAY ATTENTION. Comprende.
Say like Crocodile Dundee: “it’s a game to me”.
It is sad to read that another person has died as a result of the virus. May you RIP. Condolences to your family and friends.