The 8 a.m. Report: COVID-19 in Curry and Del Norte counties

This is our daily (Monday through Friday) COVID-19 report for Curry and Del Norte counties; our last report was published at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25. 

The Short Report

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in either Curry or Del Norte County yesterday and there was no change in the number of positive cases among staff at Pelican Bay State Prison.

• Curry County updated data yesterday. Details below.
• Del Norte County no new cases yesterday, bringing the active case total to 15 with total case count at 121. Details below.
• Pelican Bay State Prison reported one additional positive staff case. Details below.

Curry County

Curry County testing data reported on Facebook yesterday shows 1279 completed tests with 1259 negative results, 19 recovered cases, one active cases and zero deaths.

Curry County updates its data on Facebook from time to time and also reports basic information HERE.

Del Norte County

Pelican Bay State Prison

Pelican Bay State Prison is located in Del Norte County, but nearly a third of the facility's staff live in Curry County.

The California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports results of its testing to the Public Health department in Del Norte County. If employees live outside Del Norte County, the health department passes that information on to the county of residence.

This morning's data from CDCR was the same as yesterday — 29 positive staff among PBSP staff and still showing 18 of those have returned to work.

So far, no inmates at the prison have tested positive. CDCR publishes COVID-19 related information regularly HERE.

About Our Report

Our morning report, published at about 8 a.m., is part of our effort to provide the communities served by the Curry Coastal Pilot and Del Norte Triplicate with the latest relevant information about COVID-19.

Although the communities we serve are in two different counties and two different states, residents frequently travel to neighboring communities for work, shopping and recreation. The virus is not contained by city, county or state boundaries. And we all need to know the rules at play in the jurisdictions we might visit.

Unless there is urgent information that must be shared, we plan to make just one post daily with the best information we can gather — and compile what is relevant for our Friday print editions.

If you have a suggestion for information you would like to see in this daily report, please send an email to: [email protected].

Unfortunately, all jurisdictions do not report information in the same format, so some information has not been provided for us to share and there is sometimes a lag in the time information is reported locally and when it is compiled into state or national statistics.

What you need to know about COVID-19:

• Anyone can have mild to severe symptoms.
• Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.

Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

• Fever or chill
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

Testing

Del Norte County provides a website HERE with information about testing, which includes some options for Oregon residents, as well as California residents. Testing may also be available through Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City.

CVS Pharmacy in Crescent City also provides testing, appointment required, for California residents only. Information HERE. 

In Curry County, check this website for testing information. Also the State of Oregon has a new website HERE to assist you in finding testing (does not include California locations).