On the day Kern County reported the highest number of cases of its new coronavirus, several measures designed by the Board of Supervisors for long-term management of COVID-19 illness were extended. Kern County is once again finding itself as a coronavirus hotspot. Matt Constantan, director of public health services, said …
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At 12:01 am Friday, Kern County businesses will likely be subject to another round of trade restrictions that are already in place in more than 30 counties in California. After Kern’s coronavirus metrics exceeded state guidelines for three days in a row starting Saturday, the state informed the Department of …
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Kern County medical facilities are being pushed to the limit as more and more residents purchase COVID-19. During a press conference on Thursday, Kern Medical CEO Russell Judd said that all local hospitals have reached full capacity and were beginning to implement surge plans. A state model predicted that the …
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A staggering 1,120 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kern County on Wednesday, a nearly tenfold increase over the number of daily cases reported in recent weeks. It is not simply amazing by our own measure. Kern has had the second or third highest number of daily cases of …
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Ten more people have died and more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus in Kern County were reported Wednesday morning, as cases continue to climb rapidly locally. Total deaths have now reached 115 in Kern and cases now exceed 11,000. The number of individuals tested is close to 110,000 out …
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