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California coronavirus: Riverside County numbers and latest maps
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The majority of those nursing home cases — 64% — are among 40 of the county’s 53 licensed skilled nursing facilities, which are homes that provide 24/7 nursing assistance typically following a hospitalization discharge or a serious decline in an individual’s health. Typically, individuals in these homes need help moving around and walking.
About 8% of those nursing home cases are at assisted living homes, which are homes for individuals who need less care than a skilled nursing facility but still need help with some daily activities like bathing and medication. Typically, individuals in these homes are mobile.
The remainder are among the hundreds of other long-term care facilities in the county.
Of those total remaining cases, 13 are from the Coachella Valley due to an outbreak at The Palms in La Quinta. The Palms is a retirement living community, meaning the facility doesn’t provide the same kind of comprehensive nursing care.
In total, the county has tested about 1,200 patients at these facilities, this accounts for just under 3% of the total tests conducted in the county.
Of those who tested positive at these facilities, 211 were staff members. This means 6% of the county’s total confirmed cases were nursing home workers.
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La Quinta Finance Director Karla Romero on March 17 projected a $6 million loss in general fund revenue over the next three months from TOT and sales tax declines alone – the city’s two primary sources of revenue. That number had risen by mid-April to an estimated $7.05 million loss for this fiscal year, Romero said.
“Revenue declines have increased due to the closure of hotels and short-term vacation rentals until further notice,” Romero said.
Staff has spent the past two weeks looking at the budget and where and how to bridge the anticipated shortfall, she said. The city is evaluating a combination of reductions and use of one-time funds, which may include:
- Reducing current operational expenses
- Reviewing capital improvement projects to reduce funding and/or extend deadlines
- Payroll savings from throughout the fiscal year – vacancies to remain vacant until further notice
- Use of reserves including: Economic Disaster Reserves ($11 million balance) and/or Unassigned Fund balance ($10.9 million balance)
- Federal reimbursements for the declared emergency
“Every line item and option is being evaluated. The city is in a strong financial position with options,” Romero said. “We want to support the local economy, preserve critical city operations and services, while also having a long-term vision when making decisions.”
The city has about $42.5 million total in reserves, including $11 million in an economic disaster fund and $2.9 million in an economic development fund.
The council has appropriated $1.5 million from the city’s emergency disaster fund to help businesses impacted by COVID-19. Staff had been developing a program plan to bring back to the council for approval.
More: More La Quinta residents getting needed food through partnership with FIND food bank
Rural Northern California counties seek to reopen economy
Officials from six rural Northern California counties and 14 small cities in them have urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to let them reopen their economies, marking the most significant pushback yet from local leaders against a mandatory stay-at-home order in its second month that has left 3 million people out of work.
Of the 500,000 people who live in Sutter, Yuba, Butte, Colusa, Tehama and Glenn counties, only 69 have had confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The counties added at least 475 additional hospital beds to prepare for a feared surge, but so far have only one coronavirus patient in an intensive care unit, according to a letter date Friday that the county and city leaders sent to Newsom.
“At this point, given the COVID-19 numbers locally — and our enhanced health care capacity — we ask you to allow our counties to exercise local authority to implement a careful and phased reopening of our local economies,” said the letter also signed by the region’s two Republican state lawmakers, Assemblyman James Gallagher and Sen. Jim Nielsen.
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State prison worker tests positive for COVID-19
An Ironwood State Prison employee has tested positive for COVID-19, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Ironwood is near Blythe, Calif., in Southern California near the Arizona border.
Authorities are trying to determine whether the staffer exposed the illness to any colleagues or inmates, spokeswoman Dana Simas said. Other details were not available, she added.
The employee is the first Ironwood worker to test positive for COVID-19, but is among 128 sickened prison staffers across the state, according to CDCR records.
The California Institution for Men in Chino has 30 cases, which is the most among the 29 facilities where COVID-19 has been detected.
Facilities with sickened employees do not include Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, which is near Ironwood in Blythe.
CDCR reported Monday that 181 of approximately 115,000 inmates across the state have tested positive for COVID-19 and one inmate has died.
On Sunday, a Riverside County inmate in custody at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility died from complications related to COVID-19, the sheriff’s department announced.
The inmate was tested after medical staff determined April 13 he was suffering from flu-like symptoms. Test results came back positive for COVID-19 on April 14.
The man was among 141 Riverside County inmates who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. There are 3,240 inmates incarcerated throughout the county.
Of the 55 department staff who have tested positive, two have died.
San Bernardino County releases coronavirus demographics
San Bernardino County released confirmation of 21 new coronavirus cases on Monday and information specific to age, gender and racial backgrounds.
As of Monday afternoon, there are 1,772 confirmed cases and 82 deaths. The doubling rate has increased to 9.5 days.
The total number of San Bernardino County patients tested is 17,577, out of which 10% tested positive for coronavirus.
Infections are highest for those who are 50-59 with 353 cases (20%), followed by 40-49 (17%); 70+ (16%); 60-69 (15%); 30-39 (15%); 20-29 (11%); 0-14 (2%); and 15-19 (1%). Deaths due to complications of the virus are 70+ (60%); 60-69 (21%); 50-59 (9%); 40-49 (6%); and 30-39 (4%).
There are slightly more cases of women (50%) than men (49%). 1% of cases are marked as “unknown.” Death is more common in men (63%) than women (37%)
By ethnicity, unknown demographics make up the highest amount of cases at (39%), followed by white (34%); other (10%); multi-race (6%); black (5%); Asian (4%); Asian/Pacific Islander (less than 1%); and Native Americans (less than 1%).
Non-Latinos have higher death rates (51%) compared to Latinos (33%) and unknown (16%).
In nearby Imperial County, public health officials reported 251 cases, 67 recovered patients and eight virus-related deaths, as of Friday.
Coronavirus case updates
Riverside County reported 80 new coronavirus cases and 23 new deaths, bringing the total to 3,643 cases and 141 deaths.
County officials reported on Monday 14 new cases and one new death in the Coachella Valley’s nine cities, which now have 618 positive cases and 25 virus-related deaths.
- Cathedral City: 81 cases and 1 death
- Coachella: 122 cases and 2 deaths
- Desert Hot Springs: 30 cases and 0 deaths
- Indian Wells: 11 cases and 0 deaths
- Indio: 127 cases and 4 deaths
- La Quinta: 59 cases and 1 death
- Palm Desert: 73 cases and 5 deaths
- Palm Springs: 91 cases and 9 deaths
- Rancho Mirage: 24 cases and 3 deaths
- Unincorporated communities: Bermuda Dunes: 4 cases and 0 deaths; Desert Edge: 3 cases and 0 deaths; Desert Palms: 5 cases and 0 deaths; Garnet: 8 cases and 0 deaths; Mecca: 23 cases and 0 deaths; North Shore: 1 case and 0 deaths; Oasis: 7 cases and 0 deaths; Sky Valley: 3 cases and 0 deaths; Thermal: 10 cases and 0 deaths; Thousand Palms: 4 cases and 0 deaths; Vista Santa Rosa: 1 case and 0 deaths
- California: 43,464 positive cases and 1,755 deaths
Desert Sun reporters Shad Powers and Mark Olalde, and Associated Press contributed to this report.
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