EPISODE · Oct 29, 2020 · 31 MIN
Mendocino in The Red
from KZYX Local Coronavirus Update with Dr. Drew Colfax · host KZYX
Mendocino County Numbers for 10-28-20Current cases: 40Pending Tests: 1200Hospitalization: 43.78% positivity rateTesting:Mendocino Coast Clinics: testing weekly through the end of the month call 964-1251 for an appt. Anderson Valley Health Center: testing weekly through the end of the month, Thursday 9am-10:30, Anderson Valley HS Parking LotOptumserv: Ukiah at the fairgrounds 7am to 7pm, Sunday to Thursdays. No appt. Needed. FreeCalls: Is there testing in Willits? How do populations affect positivity rates and the severity of COVID in our area? Scientists are looking at the positivity rate of the tests we do take,generally the more tests we conduct the lower the positivity rate is. The swells and clusters of positive cases are normally apparent in the daily positive tests. Being in a rural county definitely makes our statistics a lot different than a city.
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Yesterday, the State of California updated Mendocino County’s status from the purple “widespread” tier, to the red “substantial” risk tier. Meanwhile, local clinics are still reeling from last week’s announcement by the UCSF lab that they will cancel their local testing contract by the end of the month. In today's show guest host Lucresha Renteria, Executive Director of Mendocino Coast Clinics, runs the local Coronavirus numbers and talks about an outbreak in Fort Bragg, the future of COVID-19 testing in Mendocino County, and flu shots. She also answers a listener question about COVID numbers and statistics in a rural area like Mendocino County
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