Sacramento County health officer: 'We still have widespread infection in the community'

Dennis Shanahan reports

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN SACRAMENTOCOUNTY TODAY ABOUT WHERE MOSTPEOPLE THEY THINK WE'RE STILLGETTING THE VIRUS.WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE OFCALIFORNIA IS ONLINE COVID-19DASHBOARD AND SCROLL DOWN TOTHE STATE MAP AND SELECT NEWCASES, THE SMALLER THE CIRCLEOVER YOUR COUNTY THE BETTER.THE NEWS.

HOVER THE POINTEROVER THE COUNTY AND YOU CANSEE THE NUMBER OF NEW CASESFOR MONDAY IN SACRAMENTOCOUNTY.

THE NUMBER WAS 97 OVERTHE WEEKEND IT WAS TRENDINGBETWEEN 10200 PER DAYSACRAMENTO COUNTY HEALTHOFFICER DOCTOR OLIVIA CANSERIOUS AS NURSING HOMERESIDENTS MAKE UP ONLY A SMALLPERCENTAGE OF NEW CASES INNURSING HOMES ARE WORKINGREALLY HARD WITH.IMPLEMENTING MEASURES OFSAFETY MEASURES AS WELL ASDOING A LOT OF TESTING DOCTORBECAUSE SERIOUS AS THEMAJORITY OF RECENT CASES INTHIS COMMUNITY ARE AMONG YOUNGADULTS AGED 18 TO 49 THAT'SABOUT 60% OF OUR CASES BUT INTERMS OF WHERE THEY CARRYINGIT TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

IT'SIN WORK SETTINGS IT'S IN OURMEETINGS.

I THINK THE MAINISSUE HERE HERE IS TO REALIZETHAT WE STILL HAVE INFECTIONIN THE COMMUNITY NEVERTHELESSTHE DOCTOR POINTS OUT COMPAREDTO ONE MONTH AGO DAILY NEWCASES ARE DOWN THE NUMBERS ARETRENDING IN THE RIGHTDIRECTION.

SHE URGES CONTINUEDCOOPERATION WITH HEALTHGUIDELINES SO SACRAMENTOCOUNTY CAN MOVE FROMCALIFORNIA'S MOST RESTRICTIVEPURPLE TIER INTO THE RED WHICHWOULD ALLOW MORE BUSINESSES TOOPEN INDOORS WE APPRECIATE ITWERE ON THE PEOPLE WHO AREBEING COMPLIANT AND THEBUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEENCOMPLIANT AS WELL BECAUSE THATIS WHAT US TO WHERE WE NEED TOBE AS FOR THE CDC'S WARNINGAND THEN SUBSEQUENT RETRACTIONABOUT THE DISEASE SPREADINGTHROUGH TINY AEROSOLPARTICLES.DOCTOR TO SERIOUS ASSACRAMENTO.

COUNTY'S MESSAGINGREMAINS UNCHANGED.

WE KNOWTHAT USING FACE COVERINGS ISIMPORTANT.AND HAND SANITIZING 60