Whenever Mendocino County Public Health publishes a new COVID-19 infographic, MendoFever will compare and contrast the data with the previous infographic in hopes to shed light on trends associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Mendocino County.
?Most significant information gained from this evening’s infographic update provided by Mendocino County Public Health:
? There has been a 38% increase in overall COVID-19 cases in the past 7 days. On July, 15, Mendocino County cases totaled 165.
? 50% of today’s cases originated from work or out of county travel.
?Eleven more individuals have been added to isolation due to either infection or exposure to an infected individual.
?Analysis of that data represented in today’s infographic with yesterday’s:
??????Demographics: Two of the new cases are associated with the Hispanic/Latino community and eight of the new cases are from an “unreported demographic”.
??Age Ranges: One of the new cases is in the “0-5” age range, four cases are from the “19-34” age range, one case is from the “35-49” age range, three of the new cases are from the “50-64” age range, and one is from the “65+” age range.
?? Gender of Infected: Five of the newly infected are men for a total of 108 and five are women for a total of 119.
?Source of Infection: Eight of the new cases are associated with “close contact” and and two are associated with “community spread”.
?Region of Cases: Five of the new cases are from patients in the Ukiah Valley and five are from the North Coast
????Status of Patients: Eleven more patients have entered isolation for a total of 98. Two patients has left the hospital for a new total of 6. There is currently only one patient in the intensive care unit. There are still three deaths of Mendocino County residents and there is a total of 227 cases. There are a total of 95 active COVID-19 cases.
?Testing: Comparing and contrasting testing numbers suggests one of today’s cases was discovered in Public Health’s lab and nine were discovered in a commercial laboratory. The amount of tests pending is 1,958.
