County government officials intend to add hundreds more hospital beds, knowing Sonoma County has yet to hit its peak of coronavirus infections. Still, leaders are maintaining some level of optimism residents will heed safety warnings to remain cloistered as much as possible to help “flatten the curve,” now a ubiquitous phrase referring to the exponential growth of infections if the virus is left unchecked. As of Monday night, more than 16,200 people have died around the world, including 536 in the nation and 27 in California.
“Planning to be overwhelmed is not a bad thing,” Rabbitt said. “We always want to plan for the worst-case scenarios. We’re not at the peak yet. The whole thing is about flattening that curve. The whole thing is to make sure our hospitals are not overwhelmed.”
Mase took another step toward prevention Monday, when she ordered county parks and open spaces closed, strengthening her shelter-in-place order in the wake of a weekend filled with beachgoers flocking to the county coast and across the Bay Area.
County officials worry residents aren’t taking the directive to stay home, or the disease, seriously enough.
The virus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, has infected at least three health care workers here, and there are now six cases of community transmission, a key inflection point that led to Mase’s extraordinary move last week to upend daily life and commerce. Five residents were infected due to recent travel, and 15 cases are still under investigation, officials said.
One local elderly man who recently returned from a cruise died from the disease Friday, and the county also reported its first virus patient recovery Sunday.
Sonoma County officials say the growth in infected residents partly reflects the increased testing. There have been 529 tests to date countywide, with 475 coming back negative, 29 positive and 26 still pending. As testing keeps ramping up, officials have said expect more cases of the virus to emerge.
The escalation of coronavirus cases in the community mirrors a nationwide trend that led U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to warn citizens across the country Monday to heed medical guidance related to the disease.
“I want America to understand this week, it’s going to get bad,” Adams said Monday.
Supervisor Zane, who represents the central Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park 3rd District, Sonoma County’s most densely populated supervisorial district, said she hopes there aren’t too many more deaths locally.
Between an ongoing push for protective medical gear for nurses on the frontlines treating patients with the infectious disease, and the call from health and political leaders in Washington, D.C., for essentially an all-out battle requiring every U.S. citizen to make smart decisions to defeat a common enemy, Zane said each county needs to do his and her part.
“It is kind of a wartime mentality, isn’t it, and it’s something this country hasn’t seen since World War II,” Zane said. “It’s a question for all of us. Are we willing to make that sacrifice for the greater good? That’s what the government asked of people during World War II, and that’s what’s being asked of us now.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The total number of coronavirus cases in Sonoma County has grown from 7 cases on March 16 to 29 cases on Monday, a more than fourfold increase. An earlier version of this story misstated the magnitude of the increase.
You can reach Staff Writer Tyler Silvy at 707-526-8667 or at tyler.silvy@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @tylersilvy.
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