A woman in her 90s has died of the novel coronavirus in a northern California nursing home, sparking fears of an outbreak among other residents of the facility.
An elderly patient in a northern California nursing home has died of the novel coronavirus, sparking fears of an outbreak among other residents of the facility and renewing concerns about statewide availability of testing kits to detect the virus.
Peter Beilenson, health director of Sacramento County, said Tuesday that all patients in the nursing home would be tested for the virus, but that effort was delayed by a lack of tests. He said the county only has access to 20 tests per day, and is having to ration those between possible cases in the community and medical professionals who may have been exposed.“It has been very frustrating because we have been stuck now for a couple of weeks with just 20 tests a day,” said Beilenson.
The woman’s death has renewed focus on the testing capacity needed in California and other state to help stem the spread of the COVID 19 disease. The number of tests available is inadequate, with healthcare workers statewide reporting widespread failings by local and federal government officials,As of last weekend, California had only 7,400 tests statewide, even as federal officials were pledging that nearly 1 million tests would be made available nationwide by that time.
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