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The latest weekly demographics were released on Monday afternoon.
This new data is based on the 151 cases reported on Monday. On Tuesday, Lake County’s case count rose to 156.
Last week’s demographics, released on July 14 when there were 122 cases, were the first to show that more cases have been confirmed in females than in males, a trend opposite – until recently – to state numbers. Previous to that, the gender patterns in local cases had followed the state’s.
This week, the number of cases in females continued to outpace males, growing from 62 to 80, while cases involving males grew from 60 to 71.
Cases by source continue to be led by close contacts to a known case, 72, an increase of eight cases over the previous week, while 51 cases are reported as “under investigation,” an increase of 21 cases in that category from the previous report.
Other case sources, unchanged in numbers from last week, are those connected to an out of county contact, 17; five from a source said to be other/unknown; four that are from presumed occupational contacts; and two from a congregate living situation, with officials having previously confirmed those cases were in the Lake County Jail.
This week, Lake County Public Health offered more detailed breakdowns of cases by age.
The 25 to 34 age range has the most cases, with 35; followed by age 35 to 44, 26 cases; age 13 to 24, 25 cases; age 45 to 54, 20 cases; age 55 to 64, 18 cases; birth to age 12, 14 cases; and 65 and older, 13 cases.
Another change to the information offered by Public Health this week is a breakdown by zip code within the five supervisorial districts.
Within the supervisorial districts, 50 cases are reported in District 2, which primarily covers Clearlake, an increase of eight cases; 31 in District 3, which covers the Northshore, up by three over the previous week; District 4, covering the greater Lakeport area, has 28 cases, up by seven; District 5, the Kelseyville, Loch Lomond and Cobb areas, has 27 cases, an increase of four; and District 1, covering Middletown and the south county along with portions of Clearlake, has 15, up by seven.
With regard to communities where cases have been confirmed, the new information shows the following breakdowns by zip code:
– 95422, Clearlake: 50;
– 95453, Lakeport: 28;
– 95451, Kelseyville: 22;
– 95423, Clearlake Oaks: 11;
– 95457, Lower Lake: 9;
– 95458, Lucerne: 8;
– 95485, Upper Lake: 8;
– 95467, Hidden Valley Lake, 6;
– 95426, Cobb: 4;
– 95464, Nice: 4;
One of the cases reported was not assigned to a zip code and labeled “unknown.”
Public Health said the next set of data will be released on Monday, July 27.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Farm Bureau said a new invasive exotic pest has been discovered in Lake County.
In the first days of early May, while most of Lake County was still sheltered in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, two brown marmorated stink bugs, or BMSB for short, were discovered in orchard traps set at two separate locations – one around Upper Lake and one in the Big Valley area.
It’s the first time the pest has been located in Lake County, the Farm Bureau said.
The stinkbug is an invasive pest endemic to China. It can cause severe crop and garden losses and become a nuisance in and around homes and other buildings.
BMSB primarily damages fruit and is a serious pest of many fruit and fruiting vegetable crops. In Lake County’s main agricultural crops are susceptible, as are many home gardens.
BMSB also poses a nuisance to homeowners. In many home landscape situations the greatest concern may be the movement of brown marmorated stink bugs into buildings as they congregate in late summer and early fall and seek safe overwintering sites. Once inside buildings they can become a nuisance and emit an offensive odor if disturbed or crushed.
The adult BMSB is a typically-shaped stink bug, about 5/8 inch long, and marbled brown. It can be distinguished from other stink bugs of comparable size and color by two white bands on the antennae, faint white band on the legs, smooth round shoulder margins and a blunt head.
If you think you have found BMSB in your orchard, vineyard or home garden, bring the insect into the Lake County Ag Department for further identification.
Ornamental tree and shrub species such as tree-of-heaven are the preferred host of both BMSB and another invasive exotic pest that threatens Lake County crops: spotted lanternfly.
Tree-of-heaven is ubiquitous around Lake County, and can encourage establishment of these pests. It is important for property owners to understand the risks of planting tree-of-heaven and not allow it to grow and spread uncontrollably.
Tree-of-heaven was introduced from China and is very invasive, fast-growing and hard to eradicate once established. Tree-of-heaven is especially successful at establishing around riparian areas, which crowds out native plants, and produces chemicals that prevent other plants from establishing nearby.
Tree-of heaven can also form extensive root systems that damage sewer systems and foundations. It can be identified by its smooth leaf margins with one to two glandular teeth at the base of the leaflet, and a strong nutty smell.
Tree-of-heaven is usually confused with black walnut, winged/shiny sumac, staghorn sumac, butternut and ash trees.
If you have established tree-of-heaven on your property, contact the Lake County Department of Agriculture at 707-263-0217 for information on how to eradicate this invasive exotic.
The public is also encouraged to not plant tree-of-heaven as landscaping. Contact the UC Master Gardeners program at 707-263-6838 for alternate shade trees and ornamental shrubs.
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Lt. Corey Paulich said deputies located the body of Anthony Troy Jenkins, 48, on Tuesday morning.
Paulich said that on Saturday at noon the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol responded to the area of Shag Rock, an area offshore of Buckingham on Clear Lake, for a report of a male who possibly drowned.
When the Marine Patrol units arrived, occupants of a boat told them a male identified as Jenkins had fallen off the boat and had not resurfaced, Paulich said.
An initial search of the area was conducted by the Marine Patrol units, but Paulich said they were not able to locate Jenkins.
Paulich said the Northshore Fire Protection District Dive Team was requested to assist with the search. The dive team arrived approximately an hour after the incident was reported and began searching the area.
The Marine Patrol also utilized its side-scan sonar to search for Jenkins, but Paulich said Jenkins was not located and the search was halted in the late afternoon.
On Sunday at 6:30 a.m., the Marine Patrol units and the dive team again searched the area where Jenkins was last seen. Paulich said the area was searched for approximately seven hours, but Jenkins was not located and the search was halted.
Paulich said the search continued on Monday but Jenkins was still not located.
At 8 a.m. Tuesday, the body of a deceased male was located by Marine Patrol units in the area of Shag Rock, Paulich said.
The body is believed to be that of Jenkins, but Paulich said positive identification and cause of death are pending an autopsy that will occur later this week.
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On Monday, Lake County’s cases grew from 140 to 151, according to the Public Health COVID-19 dashboard.
Of those, 31 cases are active and 119 are recovered. Earlier this month Public Health said one patient had died.
Currently, two patients are hospitalized. Public Health said 12 of Lake County’s cases have required hospitalization to date.
Other specifics about the cases were not available Monday.
County Public Health departments statewide reported more than 396,000 COVID-19 cases and 7,760 deaths in California as of Monday night.
Lake’s neighboring counties reported the following totals on Monday: Colusa, 223; Glenn, 219; Mendocino, 199; Napa, 632; Sonoma, 2,212; and Yolo, 1,196.
Public Health said a total of 6,143 tests have been conducted for Lake County residents.
The California Department of Public Health said there have been 6,414,321 tests conducted in California, an increase of 127,469 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
The state said local health departments have reported 19,734 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 107 deaths statewide.
Public Health said Lake County’s positivity was at 4 percent – up from 2.9 percent in the last report late last week – with a case rate of 61.7 per 100,000 for a 14-day period and an average of 181.5 tests per day.
The county also reported that 40 percent of the county’s medical/surgical beds and 38 percent of intensive care unit beds are available, and all of the county’s ventilators are free.
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