A severe outbreak of coronavirus infection at a nursing home in Santa Cruz County has led to 61 cases and nine fatalities.
With skilled nursing homes hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a law requiring the facilities in California to report disease-related deaths to health authorities within 24 hours during declared emergencies.
Officials from the California Department of Public Health have made multiple visits to the facility to assess the situation and make recommendations, and the California National Guard also is providing help, the county said.Because many nursing home employees work in more than one facility, the county immediately alerted other homes of the outbreak, Hyland said. She added that the county was tracing the contacts of the infected.
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