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Shasta County COVID updates: 23 more cases reported — total of 1,839 since start of pandemic

Matt Brannon
Redding Record Searchlight

Note to readers: On Friday, Oct. 23, Shasta County officials revised their case total from 1,839 to 1,834. Read about what caused the change here. 

Original story: Another 23 Shasta County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the county's total to 1,839 since the pandemic began, health officials announced Thursday. 

Of that total, 151 cases are active. Eight people are hospitalized, including three in the intensive care unit. The number of deaths remains at 30.  

The latest cases reported Thursday were found in 12 men and 11 women, according to the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency. Here's how they break down by age:

  • 4 children under age 13 
  • 3 teenagers 
  • 3 people in their 20s 
  • 3 people in their 30s 
  • 2 people in their 40s 
  • 6 people in their 50s 
  • 1 person in their 60s 
  • 1 person in their 80s

More:COVID updates: Shasta County reports 30th death while Bethel, nursing home cases decline

Officials with HHSA continue to ask residents showing symptoms of COVID-19 to stay home and isolate from others. 

"If you are a close contact of a person who has COVID-19, please stay home for 14 days from your last contact with that person, except to receive medical care and to get tested," officials wrote in a news release.

Shasta County has had the highest new case rate in California for three weeks in a row, according to data posted to the state's reopening blueprint online. 

The county has a case fatality rate of 1.63% — meaning a little under two county residents die for every 100 who test positive for the virus. 

This map shows the status of California counties in the state's COVID-19 reopening blueprint. It shows Shasta County in the purple/widespread tier as of Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.

More:What does purple tier mean for Shasta County residents and businesses? 'It's a tightrope to walk'

More:COVID updates: Shasta County has state's highest case rate for 3rd week in a row; 63 positives reported Tuesday

COVID-19 cases in the North State

4:10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22

Here's where COVID-19 case totals stood in far Northern California, according to the most recent reports from each county's public health department.

  • Butte County, 3,030
  • Shasta County, 1,839
  • Tehama County, 828
  • Glenn County, 652
  • Colusa County, 549
  • Siskiyou County, 187
  • Lassen County, 125 in the general population and 637 in its state prisons
  • Plumas County, 63
  • Modoc County, 29
  • Trinity County, 25

Coastal counties in Northern California:

  • Mendocino, 1,118
  • Humboldt, 560
  • Del Norte, 178

COVID-19 in California

4:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21

Here's the most recent statewide COVID-19 count, tabulated by state health officials since March 19, 2020:

  • Confirmed cases in California: 880,724
  • Deaths: 17,189
  • Current hospitalizations from confirmed cases: 2,351
  • Current hospitalizations from suspected cases: 700
  • Cases, age 0-17: 93,249
  • Cases, age 18-49: 526,820
  • Cases, age 50-64: 166,162
  • Cases, age 65+: 93,662
  • Age unknown/missing: 831
  • Health workers infected: 42,918
  • Health workers who have died: 197
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Matt Brannon covers politics, the criminal justice system and breaking news for the Record Searchlight. Follow him on Twitter @MattBrannon_RS. Support local coverage and keep up with the North State for as little as $1 a month. Subscribe today.