Placer County Public Health is reporting a total of 5A cases of COVID-19 including one person dead last week.A The county has also declared a local health emergency and proclaimed a local emergency to ensure public health professionals have all necessary tools at their disposal to keep the community safe.
The new cases all link to the Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico a the same Feb. 11-21 cruise associated with a confirmed Sonoma County case announced previously.
The declaration and proclamation empower the county to more effectively respond to COVID-19, seek and utilize mutual aid, potentially obtain reimbursement and coordinate communications with stakeholders and the community. The local health emergency and local emergency will be considered for ratification by the Board of Supervisors at tomorrow’s meeting.