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- 1,116 active cases of COVID-19 in Contra Costa County.
- 379 cases added to the total number of cases since yesterday in Contra Costa County.)
- 9,215 people have fully recovered from COVID-19 in Contra Costa.
- 96 of the 151 deaths were in long-term care facilities.
- There are currently 29 active outbreaks of COVID-19 at Contra Costa County long-term care facilities.
- 81 of the 151 deaths have been people over the age of 81.
- 3 people under the age of 50 (one in the 31-40 age group, and two in the 41-50 age group) have died from COVID-19 in Contra Costa County.
- Nobody under the age of 12 has died from COVID-19 in the State of California.
- 5,812 tests were conducted yesterday in Contra Costa County. The seven day positive average is not available at this time, according to the county.
- 574 homeless people are currently placed in motel/hotel rooms in Contra Costa County. Placements are approved for homeless people who are awaiting COVID-19 test results or those who are considered at high risk.
- There are currently 142 occupied ICU beds in Contra Costa County. 36 of those are occupied by COVID-19 patients. 47 ICU beds are currently available.
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The population of Contra Costa County is about 1.1-million.
Just remember. If your family member has a DNR and covid-19 and is in one of the 30-40 nursing homes/assisted living. Stop sending them to the hospital. You risk exposing everyone in that ambulance, future patients going in that ambulance, staff in the ER and our families at home. Dying of covid-19 is a natural cause and there isn’t jack we can do for a DNR. They either make it or they don’t. Stop sending them to the hospital.
This is something I have been thinking about. As you noted, a DNR is not a “do not transport.”
My understanding from having relatives in nursing homes and assisted living is that unless the resident is under physician authorized hospice care the nursing homes/assisted living is required to call for medical assistance and transport if it’s something they can’t assess and/or treat on site.
I don’t think it’ll be easy to find a physician willing to authorize hospice care for someone that has COVID-19 but is otherwise healthy.
Other than hospice care, it’s not clear is if residents have the right to refuse transport and how they can do so legally. They can refuse treatment once they are transported. Transfers or transport are not an area covered by the typical advance care directive.
Something to keep in mind that there are transport services that specialize in handling patients with highly contagious diseases. They have the equipment and people that know how to use it. The risk of exposure to others is low. Of course, they are very busy these days and so scheduling may be an issue.
In San Francisco this was going on at a cost of $250 a room per night. The other day they caught two guys running a meth lab in their free $250 a night room. I watch Channel two news every night and they never covered the story. I may have missed it but how much is it costing to house 574 people in motels each night in our county?
574 homeless people are currently placed in motel/hotel rooms in Contra Costa County. Placements are approved for homeless people who are awaiting COVID-19 test results or those who are considered at high risk.
The County website shows the number of tests as of the date they were reported to the County, not the date the tests were conducted. The same applies to the number of new cases. The record number of tests being reported today undoubtedly reflects test results performed as long as two or three weeks ago. Hopefully, we will have more current numbers within the next few days as the reporting backlog gets worked down.
Open California!!
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