Shasta County Public Health attributing many coronavirus cases to Halloween gatherings.
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And shasta county public health officials are attributing many of these cases to halloween gatherings.
Action news now reporter ana torrea joins us live, ana... what does the surge in cases mean as we head toward the season of family gatherings?
Shasta public health leaders were hoping to have a smaller case rate by the time the holidays rolled around.
But right now, that's not looking like the case.
Trt:13 dr. karen ramstrom shasta county public health officer this is not a good place to be during the holidays.
Our hope was to enter the holiday season with low case rases so that we could take advantage of that and celebrate safely with our family members ((butt to)) take sot* trt:12 donnell ewert shasta health & human services agency director this is not a time for how we can get around the rules, this is a time for us to be asking how can i go beyond the rules, how can i do more and not less.
Shasta county seeing more and more coronavirus cases.
Many of those newer cases connected to halloween parties.
Take sot* trt:12 brian ritchey lives in city of shasta lake i think it's a little concerning because with everything that's going on right now we need to be a little bit more careful with what we do and just take the precautions needed to get this under control public health expects to see a surge in covid-19 cases.
Ana stand up* trt ana torra atorreanews to help people celebrate the upcoming holidays safely, shasta county public health posted this list to their shasta ready website, recommending how people can have a safe holiday celebration.
But people believe that celebrating the holidays, helps bring back some sense of normalcy.
Take sot* trt:12 rick walsh lives in yuba city we're meeting like we do every single year and we're going to have a big dinner// we're going to do whatever we want (living our lives) we're not going to be constrained by any random rules but others tell action news now, while they want to see and visit family out of town... take sot* trt:09 libby cecil lives in redding i have a father who's 90 years old and i want to be able to visit him, so i'm having to scale back in the choices that im making they're choosing to stay close to home.
# with thanksgiving weeks away, public health is urging people to keep the holiday celebrations to your own household.
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