HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.16.20 Email from Danette York - COVID-19 Daily Update from Public Health
From:York, Danette
To:Kim, Sang;Ring, Brian;Pickett, Andy;Hatcher, Casey;Jessee, Meegan;BOS;Dept Heads;Asst Dept Heads;
Shelton, Mark
Subject:COVID-19 Daily Update from Public Health
Date:Monday, March 16, 2020 6:16:41 AM
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Sincerely,
Danette York
Public Health Director
BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
202 Mira Loma Drive | Oroville, CA 95965
T:530.552.3820
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Public Health Administration Danette York, M.P.H., Director
Andy Miller, M.D., Health Officer
202 Mira Loma Drive T: 530.552.4000
buttecounty.net/publichealth
Oroville, California 95965 F: 530.538.2164
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update for Butte
County BOS, Admin and Dept. Heads
March 15, 2020
Lab Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Butte County: ZERO
Information Update:
We still remain at zero cases. It has been a busy weekend for the Communicable Disease
staff working with healthcare providers on testing. Without being able to give you an
exact, we have processed around 25 tests total. We are still waiting on about 8 results out
of those and the rest have been negative.
weekend so I will not add that information again here.
I will add that the Federal Health and Human Services (HHS) agency held a tele-town
hall late yesterday for healthcare providers, public health officials and laboratories.
Information was shared about getting more testing capability out as quickly as possible.
Butte County Public Health is actively working to try to secure the equipment needed to
perform tests so we could start testing in our lab. We do not yet know if this is going to
be possible, more to come as we get more information.
Dr. Miller did a press conference on Friday and it was live streamed on our Public Health
Facebook page. I encourage you to view that for a great overview of the local situation.
Yesterday, Butte County Office of Education announced the recommendation for all
county schools to close starting today through March 27, 2020. You can find their
announcement on their Facebook page.
This is a rapidly evolving situation, please note that all information is current as of the
time it is written.
Important COVID-19 Resources:
Butte County Public Health
California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Butte County residents call also call 2-1-1 or text your zip code to 898211 for COVID-19
information and updates.
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Public Health Administration Danette York, M.P.H., Director
Andy Miller, M.D., Health Officer
202 Mira Loma Drive T: 530.552.4000
buttecounty.net/publichealth
Oroville, California 95965 F: 530.538.2164
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