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County of Ventura COVID-19 update for May 19 — COVID-19 Response Information: Testing

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VENTURA COUNTY — Good Evening, Here’s your COVID-19 update from the County of Ventura.

12 new cases

837 total cases

542 recovered cases

27 hospitalized

13 in the ICU

267 under quarantine

28 deaths (ages 29-99 all had comorbidities, 16 males and 12 females)

17, 498 people tested

 

COVID-19 Response Information:

  • Testing:  The County of Ventura has expanded testing throughout the county for residents who have the slightest suspicion of having COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone with it. You will not be charged for the test, and you don’t need to have health insurance. You may be asked for insurance information if you have it. Three new drive up testing sites will be open Wednesday. 1) Ventura College, 4667 Telegraph Road in Ventura 2) Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Rd. Moorpark 3) Ford Dealership 128 S. Hallock Drive, Santa Paula. More information about the state testing sites and county clinics can be found in the attached pdf and at www.vcemergency.com.

 

  • Variance Attestation The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve to submit a local variance attestation to the State for consideration today at the regularly scheduled board meeting. The attestation was submitted by Doctor Levin, the Public Health Officer, to the State for consideration this afternoon. Watch the meeting at: https://ventura.granicus.com/player/clip/5426?view_id=67. Read the attestation at:http://bosagenda.countyofventura.org/sirepub/cache/2/3p01afpkaxzhkc1q5y0beqg1/147617305192020060422976.PDF. A county that has met the criteria in containing COVID-19, as defined in the State guidance, may consider modifying how the county advances through Stage 2, either to move more quickly or in a different order, of California’s roadmap to modify the Stay-at-Home order. Learn more about the State roadmap at: https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/.
  • Reopening Ventura County: Please visit www.vcreopens.com to register your business to reopen. Curbside retail, manufacturing, logistics, office-based businesses, car washes, pet grooming and other businesses are now permitted to open in Stage 2 of the State’s Roadmap to Reopening.  The website has also been updated to provide new restaurant guidance documents, checklist, and Prevention Plan template for both takeout/delivery and future dine-in service. We are encouraging all restaurants to register now and to make their preparations for dine-in service, so they are ready when it becomes available. Whether restaurants are already open for takeout or waiting to open when dine-in becomes available, they can register now. Upon selecting the “Restaurants” workspace type, businesses will see the following information and links to the reference documents. Restaurants are encouraged to begin to prepare for the next stage for dine in now. View the state guidance at https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/.
  • Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.vcemergency.com/staywellvc/faqs-general

 

 

Summary #
New cases 12
Total cases 837
Recovered Cases 542
Ever* hospitalizations 136
Current hospitalizations 27
Ever ICU* 40
Current ICU 13
Active Cases Under Quarantine 267
Deaths 28
People Tested 17,498
*Current hospitalizations does not include those from LTC facilities that no longer require acute care but are being held at the facility to protect others.  Current ICU is underreported because we do not get notification when hospitalized patients are transferred to ICU. 
Age and Sex of Confirmed Cases: Female Male %
Age 0-17 19 15 4.1%
Age 18-24 46 28 8.8%
Age 25-44 139 130 32.1%
Age 45-64 158 160 38.0%
Age 65+ 66 76 17.0%
Unknown 0 0 0.0%
Total 428 409 100.0%
% by Sex 51.1% 48.9%  
       
Race/Ethnicity** % Cases % Deaths % of Population
Latino 53.1% 21.4% 44.5%
White 34.1% 64.3% 43.2%
Asian 5.6% 3.6% 7.4%
African American/Black 0.7% 3.6% 1.7%
Multiracial 0.5% 0.0% 2.5%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.0% 0.2%
Other 4.7% 7.1% 0.2%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
**There are 265 cases not included in this analysis because of missing race/ethnicity data. 
Confirmed Cases: # %
Travel Related 18 2.2%
Person-to-person acquired 271 32.4%
Community acquired 371 44.3%
Under investigation 177 21.1%
Total 837 100.0%
City/Zip*** # % of Total Population**** Rate per 100,000 pop.
91320 – Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park 21 2.5% 46,191 45.5
91360 – Thousand Oaks 42 5.0% 42,104 99.8
91361 – Thousand Oaks/Lake Sherwood/Westlake 17 2.0% 20,487 83.0
91362 – Thousand Oaks/Westlake 29 3.5% 34,056 85.2
91377 – Oak Park 16 1.9% 14,226 112.5
93001 – Ventura 21 2.5% 33,139 63.4
93003 – Ventura 18 2.2% 51,304 35.1
93004 – Ventura 13 1.6% 30,473 42.7
93010 – Camarillo 37 4.4% 44,240 83.6
93012 – Camarillo/Santa Rosa Valley 17 2.0% 37,622 45.2
93015 – Fillmore 35 4.2% 18,832 185.9
93021 – Moorpark 43 5.1% 38,325 112.2
93022 – Oak View 2 0.2% 5,550 36.0
93023 – Ojai 6 0.7% 20,656 29.0
93030 – Oxnard 56 6.7% 62,016 90.3
93033 – Oxnard 89 10.6% 83,319 106.8
93035 – Oxnard 30 3.6% 28,321 105.9
93036 – Oxnard 44 5.3% 48,022 91.6
93040 – Piru 3 0.4% 1,831 163.8
93041 – Port Hueneme 16 1.9% 24,129 66.3
93060 – Santa Paula 72 8.6% 34,229 210.3
93063 – Simi Valley (Santa Susana) 67 8.0% 56,563 118.5
93065 – Simi Valley 140 16.7% 74,780 187.2
93066 – Somis 3 0.4% 3,481 86.2
Total 837 100.0% 853,896 98.0
***7 cases provided a PO Box address that has been assigned to another zip code within the city.
****Population estimates for 2020 from www.healthmattersinvc.org(Demographics Dashboard).