Santa Barbara County has twenty-four (24) confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date.

Santa Barbara County Coordination

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence, except as needed to maintain operations of the 16 federal critical infrastructure sectors. https://publichealthsbc.org/covid19/governor-gavin-newsom-issues-stay-at-home-executive-order/

The Santa Barbara County Call Center is open from 9am – 6pm starting 3/23/2020.

As of 3/24/20 (5:00pm) Testing in Santa Barbara County*:

# Positive Results 24 # Negative Results 229 Pending 239 Inconclusive 1 Total Tested 493

*Data includes Public Health Labs, Pacific Diagnostic Labs. Quest reported cases, not pending cases. Data does not include WestPac or Marian.

California: (as of March 23, 2020 2:00 p.m.)

2,102- Positive cases

40- Deaths (including one non-California resident)

Confirmed California COVID-19 Cases:

Ages of all confirmed positive cases:

Age 0 – 17: 28 cases

Age 18 – 49: 970 cases

Age 50 – 64: 493 cases

Age 65+: 449 cases

Unknown: 162 cases

Gender of all confirmed positive cases:

Female: 843 cases

Male: 1,081 cases

Unknown: 178 cases

531: Community transmission

1,571: Cases acquired through person-to-person transmission, travel (including cruise ship passengers), repatriation, or under investigation

This includes 31 health care workers

National Situation Overview

Statistics from CDC are made available Monday-Friday after 4pm on cdc.gov

Tables below updated on CDC webpage Monday – Friday: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html

The American Red Cross is experiencing a shortage of blood donations due to concerns about coronavirus and practicing social distancing. Right now, eligible and healthy donors are strongly urged to make an appointment to give soon. Donors who wish to give, but have recently traveled to areas with widespread transmission should postpone their donations for 28 days after returning to the US. See www.redcrossblood.org for information about their enhanced blood donation safety protocols.

COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance* (CDC Update as of March 24, 2020)

Total cases: 44,183

Total deaths: 544

Jurisdictions reporting cases: 54 (50 states, includes District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands)

* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

COVID-19: Cases in the United States Reported to CDC*†‡

Travel-related 479 Close contact 569 Under Investigation 43,135 Total cases 44,183

* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

† CDC is no longer reporting the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) that have been tested, as well as PUIs that have tested negative. Now that states are testing and reporting their own results, CDC’s numbers are not representative of all testing being done nationwide.

CDC has issued the following travel alerts and recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to the following areas (updated by CDC- 3/23/2020) : China – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission and restrictions on entry to the United States) Iran – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission and restrictions on entry to the United States) United Kingdom and Ireland – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission and restrictions on entry to the United States. Most European Countries – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission and restrictions on entry to the United States) Ecuador – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) India– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Indonesia– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Philippines– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Qatar– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Romania– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Saudi Arabia– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Singapore– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) South Africa– Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) South Korea – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Australia – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Canada – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Brazil – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Chile – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Pakistan – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Thailand – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Turkey – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission Japan – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Israel – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Malaysia – Level 3 (Widespread sustained (ongoing) transmission) Global Outbreak Notice – Level 2 (Sustained (ongoing) community transmission)

Older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions should consider postponing nonessential travel to most global destinations: CDC recommends travelers, particularly those with underlying health issues, defer all cruise ship travel worldwide.



Global Situation Overview

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring and responding to an outbreak caused by a new coronavirus which originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

WHO declared on March 11, 2020 that COVID-19 officially a Pandemic, the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus and the first pandemic since H1N1 “swine flu” in 2009.

WHO has confirmed (Updated 3/24/20, 14:53 GMT-7) 375,498 cases and 16,362 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. There are now 196 countries/territories areas reporting cases.

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