LAKE COUNTY— Overnight, two Lake County residents tested positive for COVID-19, and one is hospitalized at this time. They are members of the same household, and there is a known connection to a confirmed positive case in Mendocino County. Case investigations and contact tracing are ongoing at this time.
In order to protect the identities of the affected individuals, no further information will be released at this juncture, noted health department officials.
According to information made public by the Mendocino County Health Department, a 14th case in that county reported on Friday evening prompted an investigation by the department and contact tracing was immediately started to learn the source of the infection and to ensure that asymptomatic contacts were quarantined and symptomatic contacts were tested and isolated.
The 14th case in Mendocino was subsequently identified as an elderly man living in the Ukiah Valley who is a close contact of two residents in Lake County who themselves had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Saturday.
The department went on to state that the source of this outbreak involving three people has been determined to have happened at an inland Mendocino County church where a live stream church service with singing occurred on Mother’s Day. All three of the new cases (the 14th Mendocino County case and the two new Lake County cases) where at the venue during the live stream and two of the individuals participated in the live stream event with singing at the church. Mendocino and Lake County Public Health are working together to reach any other individuals who are contacts of these three new cases, including anyone who participated in the live stream church service with singing.
One of the Lake County residents was hospitalized at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley on Saturday. The other Lake County resident and the Mendocino County 14th case are in stable condition, in isolation, at their homes.
For Lake County-specific Coronavirus information, please continue to visit the Health Services Department’s website, http://health.co.lake.ca.us.
The Lake County Coronavirus Response Hub has additional valuable resources: https://lake-co-ca-coronavirus-response-lakecoca.hub.arcgis.com/
If you have symptoms, or are otherwise concerned you may have been exposed to COVID-19, contact your medical provider, visit https://www.projectbaseline.com/study/covid-19/ to schedule Drive-Thru testing, or reach out to the Health Services Department, Public Health Division, for information on your options.
Public Health can be reached by email, MHOAC@lakecountyca.gov, or by phone, during business hours: 707-263-8174.
Thank you for continuing to exercise appropriate precautions:
- Maintain social distancing and keep good hygiene
- It remains strongly recommended that people wear masks when out
- Vulnerable populations (over 65 and/or with chronic medical conditions) should continue to stay safe at home.
- We discourage people from crossing county lines, since this is an important way that the virus spreads.
