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DATE: January 6, 2021
TO: Administrative Review Board Agenda Correspondence
FROM: Mark Amberg, Assistant City Attorney
SUBJECT: Addition of COVID-19 Statistics and Information Regarding COVID-19
Outbreaks by Sector
The attached documents are submitted to provide all participants and the public with updated
statistics regarding COVID-19 cases and with references to outbreaks of COVID-19 by sector.
Attachments:
Attachment A January 6, 2021 COVID-19 data County of San Luis Obispo
Attachment B Outbreaks by Sector
Outbreaks by Sector
Agricultural Housing
Villa Las Brisas, a housing complex for agricultural workers accounts for 2% of the cases in Ventura
County in July, 2020 - reported in the LA Times
Napa, Calif., July 2020 at least 30 farmworkers living in farmworker housing testing positive – reported in
CalMatters7/27/2020
A farm camp near Brewster, Wash., had 120 cases. CivilEats, 8/27/20
Agricultural Work
Alco Harvesting, Santa Maria, California, July 2020 had an outbreak of at least 57 employees – reported
7/27/2020
in CalMatters
Gebbers apple and cherry orchards, Washington had an outbreak with over 100 international workers
sickened and a number of deaths – reported in the LA Times 8/5/2020
Apartment Complex
More than 15 infected college-age people from 18 to 24 years old living in an apartment complex in
Chico, Calif, according to the Sacramento Bee 8/26/20.
Banking
Certified Credit Union, El Monte, Calif., reported 20 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
Bars
Rounders Sports Bar and Grill / the 507, Mankato, Minnesota 6/14/2020 outbreak with over 100 cases
reported in the Star Tribune.
confirmed at
Tigerland Bar District, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 6/19/2020 Louisiana Department of Health
least 100 cases in the outbreak.
Cowboy Jack’s and Kollege Klub in Dinkeytown, Minnesota 6/21/2020 outbreak with 30 cases reported
in the Star Tribune.
Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub, East Lansing, Michigan 6/20/2020 outbreak with over 100 cases
reported by Ingham County.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 36 outbreaks at bars, resulting in 393 cases.
“Adults with confirmed COVID-19 (case-patients) were approximately twice as likely as were control-
participants to have reported dining at a restaurant in the 14 days before becoming ill." –MMWR,
9/11/20
Five outbreaks in Pacific Beach, Calif., bars were linked to 110 infections. ABC 10 News, 10/30/20
Camp
Georgia, June 2020 outbreak of at least 260 cases -MMWRJuly 31, 2020and Buzzfeed, 8/1/20
Missouri, July 2020 outbreak of 82 individuals – People7/8/2020
Black Hills, South Dakota outbreak of 96 individuals – Sacramento Bee8/5/2020
Trout Creek Bible Camp, near Corbett, Ore., outbreak of at least 25 youngsters and staffmembers -
Sacramento Bee 8/5/2020
Overnight high school retreat in Wisconsin – outbreak began with a single student who had received a
negative SARS-CoV-2 molecular test result <1 week before the retreat and led to 116 (76%) diagnosed
COVID-19 cases among attendees. MMWR10/30/2020
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 1 outbreak at a camp, resulting in 5 cases.
Casino
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 4 outbreaks at casinos, resulting in 38 cases.
Child Care
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 7 outbreaks at child care, resulting in 17 cases.
Twelve children acquired COVID-19 in two childcare facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah, April-July 2020.
Transmission was documented from these children to at least 12 (26%) of 46 nonfacility contacts
(confirmed or probable cases). One parent was hospitalized. Transmission was observed from two of
three children with confirmed, asymptomatic COVID-19. MMWR, 9/11/20.
Choir Practice
Skagit Valley, Washington 3/10/2020 infected 51 of 63 choir members. Well-reported in the media and
studied in this MedRXiV Preprint.
Churches or Religious Services
Singapore, January 19, 2020 reported in The Lancet March 16, 2020
Daegu, South Korea, February, 2020 one congregant attended four services and infected at least 37
people - reported in The Guardian.
Rural Arkansas, March 6-11, 2020 outbreak of 35 laboratory-confirmed cases – reported in MMWRMay
19, 2020
Bethany Slavic Missionary Church, Sacramento, California – well-reported outbreak of at least 70
people, reported on in the Sacramento Bee repeatedly, most recently
7/8/2020
Butte County, California May 10, 2020 – Reported in the LA Times
5/25/2010
Mendocino County, California May 10, 2020 - Reported in the LA Times5/25/2010
Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, Union County, Oregon reported by The New York Times6/22/2020
The Louisiana Department of Healthreports 2 outbreaks resulting in 17 cases.
Charleston, W.Va., outbreak of at least 24 cases linked to church, reported in the Beckley Register-
Herald7/15/20
South Korea’s Sarang Jeil Church had more than 300 cases among its 4,000 members - LA Times
8/18/2020
Bethel Church School of Supernatural Ministry, Redding, Calif., was the site of 274 cases, Redding Record
Searchlight, 10/13/2020
College Athletics
Kansas State Football Team – two positive players resulted in 14 total cases – reported in Osterholm
Report 7/30/2020
Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams at an Illinois University – MMWR October 27, 2020
Conference
Singapore, January 16-23, 2020 reported in The Lancet March 16, 2020
Boston, Massachusetts in late February, 2020 – MMWRMay 7, 2020
Construction Site
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 3 outbreaks resulting in 48 cases.
SoFi Stadium Construction, Inglewood, California in June and July, 2020 reported 55 cases among
workers – Los Angeles Times 8/2/2020
Cruise Ships
Diamond Princess – well documented, including by MMWR, 2/4/2020
Grand Princess – well documented, including by MMWR,3/9/2020
Norwegian Cruises July, 2020 resulted in an outbreak of at least 41 cases – reported in the LA Times
8/4/2020
Several more listed here
.
Food Processing Facilities
Calavo Growers, Ventura County, California, May 2020 had an outbreak of at least 44 employees –
reported in CalMatters7/27/2020
Lusamerica Foods, Morgan Hill, California May, 2020 had an outbreak of at least 40 confirmed cases at a
fish-processing facility – reported in the San Jose Mercury News5/30/2020
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 11 outbreaks resulting in 423 cases.
Primex Farms, San Joaquin Valley, California, July 2020 had an outbreak of at least 112 workers and their
7/27/2020
family members – reported in CalMatters
S&S Foods in Azusa, California with 58 confirmed cases reported in the LA Times 7/29/2020, and 64
cases with 12 deaths according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health as of 8/4/20
Golden State Foods Corp. in Industry, California with 43 cases reported in the LA Times 7/29/2020
Mission Foods Corp. in Commerce, California with 40 cases reported in the LA Times7/29/2020
J and J Snack Foods Corp. of California, Vernon, Calif., had 30 cases, reported by the L.A. Department of
Public Health
Saputo Cheese USA, Inc., in South Gate, Calif., reported 99 cases to the Los Angeles County Department
of Public Health.
Rose & Shore Inc. in Vernon, Calif., reported 40 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
American Nuts LLC in Sylmar, Calif., reported 18 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Funeral
Albany, Georgia in late February, 2020 – MMWR May 8, 2020
Government
Mississippi State Capitol outbreak of at least 36 cases reported in the LA Times 7/10/2020
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77 Street Police Station, Los Angeles, California reported at least 22 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Ahmanson Recruit Training Center, Los Angeles, California reported 20 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station Los Angeles, California reported 28 cases to the
Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Hollenbeck Police Station, Los Angeles, California reported at least 18 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
The White House, Washington, D.C., reported several cases including President Trump and Melania
Trump, 10/1/20, multiple sources.
Grocery Store
Food 4 Less, Los Angeles, California reported 23 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Gyms and Fitness Centers
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 3 outbreaks resulting in 26 cases.
“The Gym” in Pacific Beach, Calif. – LA Times 7/31/2020
During 24 days in Cheonan, South Korea, 112 persons were infected with severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 associated with fitness dance classes at 12 sports facilities. Emerging Infectious
Diseases, 8/26/20
SpinCo in Hamilton, Ont., had 71 cases, CBC, 10/16/20
Platinum Athletic Club in Surrey, B.C., had 42 cases connected to it. CBC, 11/13/20
Gyms on the Channel Island of Jersey were closed after more than 20 outbreaks in them in November.
ITV, 12/8/20
The Minnesota Department of Health on 12/11/20 released a list of every health and fitness club and gym
that has met its seven-case threshold for a coronavirus outbreak.They stretch from an outbreak of at least
23 known cases in the Rochester Athletic Club to one of at least 12 known cases at a Life Time in White
Bear Lake. Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 12/15/20
Health Care Settings
Solano County, Calif., February 2020 – MMWR 4/14/2020
Ventura, Calif., July 2020—VC Star 7/22/20
A Novato, Calif., nursing home had 22 cases, Marin Independent-Journal, 8/4/20
A skilled nursing facility in San Andreas, Calif., had more than 17 cases and 13 deaths according to the
Union Democrat (10/12/20)
A senior residential facility in Lakeport, Calif., had four deaths. Lake County Record-Bee, 9/16/20. Total
raised to seven, 9/18/20, Lake County News.
Fairfield, Calif., had 31 cases in a memory care center, Solano County Daily Republic
, 9/16/20
Vallejo, Calif., had 12 cases in a nursing and rehab center, Solano County Daily Republic, 9/16/20
Shasta County, Calif., had an outbreak in a skilled nursing facility, with 34 residents and 8 staff testing
positive since the outbreak started in late August. Shasta County Public Health9/22/20
Watsonville, Calif., had an outbreak at a post-acute center with 47 cases and 9 deaths, Santa Cruz
County Department of Health, 10/7/20
Santa Maria Post Acute Care, Santa Maria, Calif., had 41 residents and 23 health-care workers become
infected, with one death. Santa Barbara Independent, 10/12/20
Twelve residents at Gilroy (Calif.) Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a skilled nursing home, have
died from COVID-19, and 75 have tested positive for the disease, CapRadio.org, 10/17/20
At least 63 residents tested positive at St. Claire’s Nursing Center, South Sacramento, Calif., as did 39
employees. Sacramento Bee, 10/30/20
Avamere at Three Fountains long-term care facility, Medford, Ore., had 54 cases, with one death. KOBI-
TV, 11/10/20
An outbreak at a Live Oak, Calif., assisted living facility had sickened 14 residents and 10 staff members
as of 11/13/20. KSBW TV. Santa Cruz Patch reported one death, 11/24/20.
Friendship Haven, a nursing home in Fort Dodge, Iowa, had 12 staff members and 14 residents recently
test positive. NBC News, 11/24/20
Jewish Senior Services, a nursing home in Bridgeport, Conn., had 22 residents die from Covid-19 during
the spring; about 10 percent of the staff became infected. In mid-October, 19 more staff members and 8
residents became infected.NBC News, 11/24/20
There were 47 current patients at Palms Care Center in Chowchilla, Calif., positive for COVID-19 on Nov.
23. Fresno Bee, 11/24/20
Plumas County, Calif., Public Health reported an outbreak at Seneca Healthcare District involving SNF
patients, SHD staff and acute/swing bed. 12/3/20
High School Athletics
Lake Zurich High School, Illinois, 36 cases as part of athletic camps – reported in Osterholm Report
7/30/2020
July 20, 2020 Kentucky High School Football Team outbreak 38 people (players, coaches, family
members, close contacts) tested positive – reported in Osterholm Report 7/30/2020
July 24, 2020 Richmond High School (Michigan) cancelled all sports through August 10 when different
athletes in football, volleyball, and cross-country tested positive – reported in Osterholm Report
7/30/2020
July 22, 2020 Franklin High School (Wisconsin) postponed all athletics events through July after a large
increase in cases in youth ages 16 to 19 – reported in Osterholm Report7/30/2020
Higher Education
The Louisiana Department of Healthreports 3 outbreaks resulting in 84 cases.
Berkeley, California in July, 2020 University Health Systems reported 47 cases associated with fraternity
parties according to the LA Times 7/9/20
– L.A.
The University of Southern California reports at least 40 people infected on its fraternity row
Times, 7/30/20
Los Angeles Police Department’s Ahmanson Recruit Training Center reported 20 cases to the Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill moved classes online after only one week of in-person
instruction when 130 students and 5 employees tested positive for coronavirus – NPR 8/18/2020
The University of Notre Dame reported 58 confirmed cases in the first two weeks of its school year - LA
Times 8/18/2020
The New York Times built a database of campus outbreaks.
Chapman University in Orange County, Calif., had an outbreak of 36 cases among students and faculty.
Orange County Register, 10/12/20
Household Contact
Illinois, 1/30/2020 –MMWR2/5/2020
California, 2/2/2020 – MMWR 2/5/2020
Manufacturing and Distribution
Los Angeles Apparel 6/27/2020 More than 300 cases and four deaths – LA Times 7/12/2020
Cabinets 2000, Norwalk, California reported at least 13 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
Cal Western Manufacturers, Gardena, California reported 39 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Howmet Aerospace, City of Industry, California reported 41 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
International Paper Inc. reported 19 cases at two Los Angeles County facilities, with 10 deaths, to the
Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health
.
Jacob Supplies, Inc., of Vernon, Calif., reported 19 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Keep It Here LLC Apparel Manufacturing of Commerce, Calif., reported 23 cases (with 3 deaths) to the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Thibiant International Inc. of Chatsworth, Calif., reported 19 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Trojan Battery Co., Santa Fe Springs, Calif., reported 61 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
Vacco Industry Engineering Manufacturing Aerospace and Defense, El Monte, Calif., reported 14 cases
with 4 deaths to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Vans Distribution Center in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., reported 12 cases with 12 deaths to the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health.
Ambiance Apparel USA in Los Angeles reported 12 cases and 4 deaths to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
9 to 5 Seating LLC, Hawthorne, Calif., reported 11 cases and 4 deaths to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
American Kal, Baldwin Park, Calif., reported 11 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Bella + Canvas, Commerce, Calif., reported 12 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Los Angeles County Department of Public
Bella + Canvas, Montebello, Calif., reported 30 cases to the
Health.
Canyon Plastics, Valencia, Calif., reported 13 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Classic Distributing & Beverage Co., Industry, Calif., reported 19 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Day-Lee Foods, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., reported 11 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
Eco Bay Services, Los Angeles, Calif., reported 30 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Meat and Poultry Packing Plants
In March to April, 2020 an outbreak at a meat processing facility in South Dakota infected 929 workers –
MMWR8/6/2020
19 U.S. outbreaks in April, 2020 – MMWR5/1/2020
239 U.S. outbreaks in April to May, 2020 - MMWR7/9/2020
Farmer John March to May, 2020, 153 cases - LA Times 7/12/2020
Jobber’s Meat Packing Co. in Vernon, Calif., reported 76 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
The Lamb Company in Compton, Calif., reported 34 cases and two deaths to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Smithfield in Vernon, Calif., reported 241 cases and 3 death to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
American Meat Companies in Pico Rivera, Calif., reported 30 cases to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Foster Farms plant in Livingston, Calif., shut down after at least 358 tested positive. Santa Rosa Press-
Democrat, 8/28/20
Foster Farms had an outbreak at two of its plants in Fresno County, Calif. KQED, 12/8/20
Migrant Worker Housing
Singapore, April 2020 – LA Times4/14/2020
Mushroom Farm
Ostrom Mushroom Farms, Sunnyside, Washington outbreak starting in April affecting 30 out of 300
workers – LA Times 8/13/20
Loudon County, Tennessee outbreak affecting 80 out of 600 workers – LA Times8/13/20
Night Club
Brittany Coast, France, July 2020 an outbreak of at least 72 cases reported in the LA Times 7/31/2020
Office Space
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 8 outbreaks resulting in 36 cases.
99 Cent Only Stores Warehouse and Corporate Office in Commerce, Calif., had 37 cases according to the
L.A. Department of Public Health
.
Parties
Berkeley, California in July, 2020 University Health Systems reported 47 cases associated with fraternity
parties according to the LA Times7/9/20
The University of Southern California reports at least 40 people infected on its fraternity row –L.A.
Times, 7/30/20
A couple traveling in Ireland attended a house party resulting in six to eight cases, and cases in three to
four households. On the second day of their trip, they went with friends to a town center, resulting in
four more cases. The pair attended a bar, where six people at an adjacent table, and four staff, tested
positive. They then went on to a “drinks venue”, where four more cases occurred. Irish Times, 9/30/20
Rallies
Tulsa, Oklahoma 6/20/2020 – New York Times7/9/2020
Political rallies for President Donald Trump have been responsible for 30,000 infections and 70 deaths,
according to a preliminary Stanford Study 10/29/2020
Restaurants
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 16 outbreaks resulting in 68 cases.
Mammoth Lakes, California July, 2020 – 84 cases (65% of them associated with restaurants) resulted in
Mono County being placed on the County Monitoring List. Reported by the LA Times 7/24/2020.
Javier’s Restaurant, Los Angeles, reported 14 cases with one death to the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
“Adults with confirmed COVID-19 (case-patients) were approximately twice as likely as were control-
participants to have reported dining at a restaurant in the 14 days before becoming ill." –MMWR,
9/11/20
Retail/Wholesale
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 3 outbreaks resulting in 8 cases.
Sacramento, California multiple cases in employees at two Target stores July, 2020 – Sacramento Bee
7/23/2020
Santa Clara County reported at least 9 cases at a Sunnyvale, Calif., Costco – KRON TV, 7/30/20
Rockview Dairy in Downey, Calif., reported 19 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., reported 18 cases and four deaths to the Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Turbo Wholesale Tires, Irwindale, Calif., reported 42 cases and 6 deaths to the
Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health.
Vicente Foods in Los Angeles reported 30 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
A Walgreens in Los Angeles reported 15 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Anthony International in Sylmar, Calif., reported 27 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
Arcadia Inc. in Vernon, Calif., reported 15 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Custom Alloy Sales, Industry, Calif., reported 15 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Costco, North Hollywood, Calif., reported 11 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Social Gatherings
Two family gatherings in Chicago in February, 2020 - reported in the MMWR April 8, 2020
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 3 outbreaks resulting in 38 cases.
Sports
A hockey game at a Tampa Bay, Fla., indoor ice rink resulted in 15 cases. MMWR, Oct. 16, 2020
A high school basketball tournament in Rocklin, Calif., resulted in more than two dozen cases. KCRA TV,
11/26/20
Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Calif., had multiple cases with 540 employees likely to have been
, 12/11/20.
exposed. SF Chronicle
Strip Clubs
Cruisin’ Chubbys Gentlemen’s Club, Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., reported by The New York Times 6/22/2020
Transportation
BYD Coach and Bus in Lancaster, Calif., reported 18 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health.
California Cartage, Carson, Calif., reported 18 cases to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health.
Weddings
The Louisiana Department of Health reports 7 outbreaks resulting in 31 cases.
In March in Jordan, the father of the bride passed the virus on to 76 of the 360 guests. One died. Science
Mag10/30/2020
San Francisco, California, June, 2020 a 100-person wedding resulted in the newlyweds testing positive as
well as at least eight guests from multiple states. Reported by the San Francisco Chronicle7/27/2020
A wedding in rural Maine led to 177 cases in the area, including at a long-term care facility and a
correctional facility in a nearby county. There were seven hospitalizations and seven deaths (including
four in hospitalized persons. MMWR, 11/13/20