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COVID-19: Shasta County reports 10 more deaths, shattering single-day record

Matt Brannon
Redding Record Searchlight

Shasta County health officials on Wednesday reported 10 new COVID-19 deaths — double the previous single-day high. That pushes the local death toll to 89 since the start of the pandemic, with 42 deaths reported since Dec. 1. 

Those who died include the following: A woman in her 50s, five women in their 70s, two women in their 80s, a woman over age 89 and a man over age 89.

Meanwhile, Shasta County has 51 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 with 10 in the ICU. 

Health officials on Wednesday announced an additional 181 cases found in 79 men, 101 women and one person of unknown gender. Here's how they break down by age, according to the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency. 

  • 10 children under age 13 
  • 9 teenagers 
  • 31 people in their 20s 
  • 42 people in their 30s 
  • 18 people in their 40s 
  • 22 people in their 50s 
  • 24 people in their 60s 
  • 15 people in their 70s 
  • 7 people in their 80s 
  • 1 people over age 89 
  • 2 people of unknown age

That pushes the case total to 8,574 since the start of the pandemic. 

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Is Shasta County under the regional stay-at-home order? 

Thursday, Jan. 7

No, the Northern California region, which includes Shasta County and 10 others, is not currently impacted by the state's regional stay-at-home order. The other four regions in California, however, are under the order.

The regional stay-at-home order takes effect when a region has its available ICU space drop below 15%. Dropping below that threshold triggers further business restrictions, such as closing hair salons and prohibiting indoor and outdoor dining at restaurants. 

Here's the latest percentage of ICU beds available in each region as of Thursday, according to state officials: 

  • Northern California: 25.4%
  • Greater Sacramento: 9.2% 
  • Bay Area: 3.5%
  • San Joaquin Valley: 0% 
  • Southern California: 0% 

Still in the purple tier of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Shasta County remains affected by certain business restrictions. 

  • Open: Hair salons, personal care services, hotels 
  • 25% capacity: Retail, shopping centers 
  • Outdoors only: Restaurants, museums, zoos, aquariums, places of worship, movie theaters, gyms and fitness centers, wineries, family entertainment centers (kart racing, miniature golf, batting cages), cardrooms, satellite wagering 
  • Closed: Bars, breweries and distilleries with no meal

COVID-19 cases in the North State

Thursday, Jan. 7

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

  • Shasta County, 8,574 
  • Butte County, 8,096
  • Tehama County, 3,639
  • Glenn County, 1,580
  • Lassen County, 1,561 in the general population and 3,351 in its state prisons 
  • Colusa County, 1,529
  • Siskiyou County, 1,259 
  • Plumas County, 522
  • Modoc County, 353
  • Trinity County, 283

Coastal counties in Northern California:

  • Mendocino, 2,751
  • Humboldt, 1,957 
  • Del Norte, 791

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COVID-19 cases in California

Thursday, Jan. 7

Here are statewide COVID-19 case numbers, tabulated by state health officials since March 19, 2020.

  • Confirmed cases in California: 2,518,611
  • Deaths: 28,045
  • Hospitalizations from confirmed cases: 21,936; 4,712 in the ICU
  • Hospitalizations from suspected cases: 915; 99 in the ICU
  • Cases, age 0-17: 307,852
  • Cases, age 18-49: 1,468,660
  • Cases, age 50-64: 477,988
  • Cases, age 65+: 262,405
  • Age unknown/missing: 1,706
  • Health workers infected: 73,078
  • Health workers who have died: 275

COVID-19 in the U.S., worldwide

Thursday, Jan. 7

Here are the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, tabulated by Johns Hopkins health officials since March 2020:

  • Cases in the United States: 21.5 million
  • Deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the United States: 364,218
  • Cases worldwide: 87.8 million
  • Deaths as a result of COVID-19 worldwide: 1.89 million
A sign at Shasta College in Redding directs people to the gymnasium COVID-19 testing site on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.

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.