Yolo County’s third COVID-19 wave has peaked and cases have begun to decline, the county’s health officer said on Tuesday.
However, the extent of the decline shown in the adjusted case rate and test positivity rate measured by the state is “deceptive,” with both being driven not “by a decrease in di
The local surge of COVID-19 cases has shown no sign of letup, with the county reporting 973 new cases since Jan. 1.
After surpassing 8,000 total cases on Dec. 30, it took the county just nine days to top 9,000, bringing the county’s total to 9,203 cases as of Saturday.
Sixteen COVID-related deaths h
Flora FukWa Cheng
Dec. 17, 1927 Jan. 2, 2021
Flora Cheng passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2021, at the age of 93, at home in Davis, under her daughters’ care. Known by many as “Grandma Flora”, she will be remembered for her inherent ability to love and care for everyone and her sweet spirit.
Flora was born in southern China in 1927. She studied nursing and after graduating, worked for the Queen Mary hospital in Hong Kong. There she met and married Kingsley, they were married 51 years. In 1959, the family immigrated to the USA. Eventually settling in Davis, Flora worked as a surgical nurse at Woodland Memorial and then Sutter General hospitals. At one time, Flora and Kin were the owner/operators of “The Ice Cream Store,” formerly on G Street. Throughout her life, Flora loved travel, real estate, gardening and feeding people. Although dementia took her memory, Flora maintained her gentle and generous spirit and her steadfast faith in God. Her concern was for others, eve
The year of COVID (Part 2)
September seemed to offer a measure of hopefulness as Yolo County entered month six of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New cases of the novel coronavirus were declining during the strict lockdown measures that came with the county’s placement in the purple tier of the state’s color-coded reopening blueprint.
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Locals line up in November for COVID testing at the Davis Senior Center. Owen Yancher/Enterprise file photo
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September seemed to offer a measure of hopefulness as Yolo County entered month six of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New cases of the novel coronavirus were declining during the strict lockdown measures that came with the county’s placement in the purple tier of the state’s color-coded reopening blueprint.
Hospital systems issue plea to public: We need your help
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Staff at Sutter Davis Hospitals received part of the county’s first allotment of coronavirus vaccines. Owen Yancher/Enterprise photo
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Healthcare workers and executives from three state and local hospital systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic gathered via Zoom on Tuesday to issue a plea to the public: “We need your help.”
With the holidays getting underway, representatives of Sutter Health, Diginity Health and Kaiser Permanente urged everyone to avoid travel and gathering and just stay home.
“Right now we are struggling,” said Dr. Vanessa Walker of Sutter Health. “We are seeing unprecedented numbers of patients with very severe illnesses…. requiring nurses and physicians that don’t normally provide care for these very critically ill patients to really stretch to the tops of their license and try to deliver the best care that they can.