Bars, gyms, hair salons and other high-risk businesses have been open in Shasta County for weeks now, but the county still has yet to trace a single new coronavirus case to a reopened business. "There are some cases that our disease investigation team has not been able to identify where those people originally contracted COVID-19," county spokesperson Kerri Schuette told SFGATE. "We know we have community transmission, but haven’t had anything with an outbreak connected to specific store or business." However, these cases of unknown community spread only make up a small fraction of the county's most recent cases; most known cases have been successfully traced. And a pattern seems to be emerging. "Most of our new cases have been a result of small, at-home gatherings of some sort," Schuette said. "Most are contracting it from people they know. We had 12 test positive from a small family gathering recently, and another graduation party has four known cases associated with it so far."
"There are some cases that our disease investigation team has not been able to identify where those people originally contracted COVID-19," county spokesperson Kerri Schuette told SFGATE. "We know we have community transmission, but haven’t had anything with an outbreak connected to specific store or business."
However, these cases of unknown community spread only make up a small fraction of the county's most recent cases; most known cases have been successfully traced. And a pattern seems to be emerging.
"Most of our new cases have been a result of small, at-home gatherings of some sort," Schuette said. "Most are contracting it from people they know. We had 12 test positive from a small family gathering recently, and another graduation party has four known cases associated with it so far."
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