CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — At least 27 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Contra Costa County senior care facility, health officials confirmed Friday.
Health officials did not immediately disclose the facility or city, but the health department plans to hold a news conference Friday afternoon.
The news comes as the disease has spread to skilled nursing facilities and senior care centers in the Bay Area and beyond. At San Jose’s Canyon Springs Post-Acute Care center, 30 people — including residents and staff — are being monitored for COVID-19, six of whom have already tested positive.
Seniors and those with underlying medical conditions, like many of those receiving care and treatment at senior centers and skilled nursing facilities, face the highest mortality rate from the virus.
It was at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, that the first outbreak in the U.S. exploded. Eighty of its 120 residents tested positive and more than 30 died from the virus. In the Bay Area, smaller outbreaks have spread across nursing and senior care homes.
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