County sued over refusal to provide records on virus outbreaks at businesses Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star
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A freedom of information organization has sued Ventura County to obtain public records on COVID-19 related deaths and virus outbreaks at workplaces.
In a 10-page lawsuit filed Thursday in Ventura County Superior Court, the First Amendment Coalition asked for a court order compelling the county government to release records requested in January and March. The coalition says the records must be disclosed under the California Public Records Act, a long-standing law governing records of public agencies.
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Public and private schools offering transitional kindergarten through 12th grade in Ventura County reported 83 positive COVID-19 cases in February, according to officials.
The count refers to anyone who was on campus during their incubation period (14 days prior to their positive COVID test or symptom onset), according to Ashley Bautista, a spokeswoman for Ventura County.
Of the total cases, 57 were student cases and 26 were staff. Five of the 83 cases were from private schools, and the remaining 78 were from public schools.
None of these cases were a result of on-campus spread, according to Bautista.
Public health officials confirmed two outbreaks that happened in January and February. An outbreak at a private school late January involved seven total cases, Bautista said.
Ventura County reached 78,050 COVID-19 cases and 883 deaths on Friday. There have been 225,847 vaccine doses administered, including 66,581 second doses.