Connecticut reports infant death related to COVID-19: Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said the death of an infant in the state has been linked to COVID-19. Lamont said on Twitter that a 6-week-old from the Hartford area was brought to a hospital unresponsive late last week and could not be revived. Lamont wrote that the infant tested positive for the coronavirus. “This is absolutely heartbreaking,” Lamont wrote. “We believe this is one of the youngest lives lost anywhere due to complications relating to COVID-19.”
CDC officials trace contacts, do more tests at Laguna Honda: Dr. Grant Colfax says Laguna Honda Hospital now has a dozen COVID-19 cases, including two residents and 10 staff members. Seven of the staff were involved in patient care and three were not. Eighty-nine patients and 218 staff members have been tested so far, Colfax said. Five CDC physicians and scientists were at Laguna Honda Wednesday, Colfax said, to conduct contact tracing and identify and test people who were most likely exposed. The city is also working with state health officials and other federal agencies to investigate the outbreak, Colfax said, adding, “We remain very concerned about a growing outbreak there.”
California deaths top 200: The number of virus-related deaths in California has surpassed 200 and the total number of cases is quickly approaching 10,000, based on the most county reports. To date, there have been 9,587 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in California and 204 deaths according to county records. There have been 2,645 cases reported in the Bay Area, topped by the 956 from Santa Clara County, which reported 66 new cases and two deaths on Wednesday.
Too early to tell’ if shelter-at-home order is working, health director says: Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco’s health department, said it is too early to tell if the Bay Area’s shelter-at-home order is working to flatten the coronavirus curve. “We know we are doing the right things, and the data tells us that staying home is the very best defense,” Colfax said. “But at this stage of the game, there are still plausible scenarios that our health care system could be brought to the brink and even overwhelmed.” The city’s new health order announced Tuesday includes stricter rules for the public.
About one-third of COVID-19 cases in Sacramento County tied to churches: Approximately one-third of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sacramento County, which has recorded 314 cases and nine deaths, are tied to church gatherings, county officials said Wednesday. “While the case increase was expected, what was not is Sacramento County Public Health’s discovery that approximately one-third of the confirmed cases are linked to gatherings related to churches. Sacramento County is urging — and, not just because the Public Health Order calls for it — all residents, from all faiths and all backgrounds to stay home — lives in our communities depend on it,” officials wrote in an update.
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