Kern County Public Health announce 8 more deaths due to COVID-19

Kern County has seen another 1,000+ cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Kern County Public Health Department, bringing the total number of cases to 13,370.

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BRINGING THETOTAL NUMBER OF CASES TO 13,370.THE LATEST NUMBERS RELEASED JUSTABOUT AN HOURAGO..

WITH MORE THAN A THOUSANDNEW CASES AGAIN.IN THE BREAKDOWN ON THE COUNTY'SDASHBOARD..WITH THE INCREASE IN TESTS..WE'VE SEEN ANINCREASE IN THE NUMBER OFUNKNOWN'S WHEN IT COMES TORACE.MORE THAN 46% OF POSTIVE TESTSARE LISTED AS "UNKNOWN"ETHNICITY.THE COUNTY ALSO REPORTING 8 NEWDEATHS..

BRINGING THATNUMBER TO 123 ATTRIBUTED TO THEVIRUS.LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHERCOVID NUMBERS AROUNDKERN.HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTINGNEARLY 52- HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVEFULLY RECOVERED..

WITH NEARLY79-HUNDRED ISOLATING FROM HOME.THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 97-THOUSAND-800 NEGATIVE TESTSOR MORE THAN 85 PERCENT.THE MOST CASES ARE IN THE 18-TO-49 AGE GROUP..

THATACCOUNTS FOR 8,371 OF THE TOTALCASES IN KERN COUNTY.AND..

STAFFING SHORTAGES ATLOCAL HOSPITALS HAS PROMPTEDHEALTH OFFICIALS TO ASK THEBOARD FOR 12 MILLION DOLLARSTO RECRUIT HELP FROM OUTSIDE THEAREA.PUBLIC HEALTH WANTS TO ENTERINTO AN AGREEMENT WITH"RIGHT SOURCING" INCORPORATED..TO BRING IN ADDITIONALSTAFFING..

FOR ANOTHER 40 I-C-UBEDS IN THE COUNTY.THE AGREEMENT WOULD RUN THROUGHTHE END OF THE YEAR.LET'S GET A FIRST LOOK AT YOURFORECAST WITH DANIELLEKERNK