COVID-19 rates are quickly spiking in Santa Barbara County, and Public Health officials are urging residents to stay home this Thanksgiving , or else further deaths and hospitalizations are inevitable.
Because of a maintenance issue with the state’s reporting system, the county’s COVID data is only available up until Saturday, when 95 new cases were reported ― the highest number in one day since August. Sunday and Monday’s reports will be reported out on Tuesday evening.
The surge in new cases comes two days after a statewide 10 p.m. curfew went into effect, forbidding gatherings or other activities outside of the same household, and a week after Santa Barbara was moved back into the most-restrictive purple tier along with 40 other California counties.