Santa Clara County is now reporting the number of staff and residents at each assisted living facility with coronavirus cases, identifying 18 where at least one patient is sick and 26 where at least one staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease that has been most lethal to the elderly.
All told Santa Clara County, a hot spot for infections since the pandemic began sweeping the world in January, has had 424 confirmed cases, 59 hospitalizations and 48 deaths at assisted living, skilled nursing, independent living and board and care facilities.
While public health officials in some areas, notably Los Angeles County, have long identified such facilities with outbreaks, Santa Clara County and others in the Bay Area have resisted reporting details, though many of the facilities themselves have disclosed or confirmed cases themselves.
The new details show the most cases at the Canyon Springs Post-Acute facility, with 92 residents and 42 staff reported to be have been confirmed ill with COVID-19. The case counts are cumulative.
Also hard-hit were the Valley House Rehabilitation Skilled Nursing Center with 49 residents and 32 staff reported to have become ill. Cedar Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation had 45 residents and 20 staff become ill, and Mount Pleasant Nursing Center had 44 residents and 18 staff become ill.
Facilities with 10 or fewer cases were listed only as having fewer than 11, with no specific numbers.
Some places, like Amberwood Gardens and Lytton Gardens, had fewer than 11 residents listed ill and no sick staff members.
Others, like Pacific Hills Manor, Palo Alto Commons and Sunnyside Gardens, had fewer than 11 staff become sick, but no residents confirmed ill.
