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​​Facts about COVID-19:



​As we have had more extensive experience with COVID-19, it is clear that a significant majority of those infected have no or only mild symptoms.

With additional testing, the number of cases of COVID-19 are growing.

The vast majority of these cases are now the result of community spread.

Public health team efforts have been focused on identifying persons with COVID-19, separating them from others, and tracking down persons who were exposed to the infected person. This containment strategy helped to slow the introduction of the virus, but has to be redirected to address the larger number of cases in the region.

Public health staff have shifted their efforts to community mitigation measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect those who are most vulnerable to severe illness.

Although community mitigation measures can be disruptive, these recommendations are to protect the public’s health.





COVID-19 is affecting us all and we are all in this together. The goal for all of us is to protect those who are the most vulnerable from exposure to carriers of COVID-19. We recognize that it would not be possible to list all the essential sites or command how individuals and businesses must carry out these directives. Individuals and employers need to weigh the risk of exposure to the public and operating as usual. In summary, effective immediately and until further notice, Sacramento County public health officials direct the public, to the best of their abilities, implement the following:

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