WILLITS, 8/5/20 — One more person has succumbed to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mendocino County, bringing the death toll to 10, out of the now 356 total cases, for an observed mortality rate of about 2.8%, or slightly better than the country as a whole. Fifteen more people were confirmed to have COVID today, and the total number of people hospitalize dipped back down to nine from a high of 12 yesterday. So far there have been 23 “COVID positive” patients admitted as inpatients to one of the three hospitals in Mendocino County.
The County of Mendocino confirmed that the additional death was not connected to the outbreak at Sherwood Oaks nursing home, and occurred at an Adventist Health hospital. Adventist Health manages all three hospitals in the county and Jason Wells, president of Adventists in Mendocino, elaborated that the person was elderly and died at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley yesterday, Tuesday.
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