More federal coronavirus money heading to Sacramento region health centers
Sacramento-area health centers are receiving more than $446,000 in federal funding to beef up their response to the coronavirus outbreak. The cash is part of nearly $14 million being sent to centers across California to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 from the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency announced Tuesday.
The centers — CARES and Wellspace Health in Sacramento; Communicare in Davis; Elica Health Centers in West Sacramento; El Dorado Community Health Centers in Placerville; along with Sacramento County — are among 178 awardees statewide receiving more than $13.8 million from HHS.
Centers can use the money to buy medical supplies, grow their telehealth services and boost screening and testing for the virus.
Calling the centers critical players in the country’s response to the pandemic, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the grants “will help health centers, which know the needs and resources of their communities best, to play their part.”
Approximately $275,000 was awarded to health centers in Nevada, Sutter and Yuba counties, Health and Human Services officials announced.
The award was announced Tuesday as the statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect, California girds for a surge of new cases and the numbers of regional coronavirus cases continue to mount: 88 in Sacramento County; nine confirmed cases in Yolo County; two in El Dorado County and 20 confirmed cases in Placer County. Seven have died including four in Sacramento; two in Yolo and one person in Placer County.
Johns Hopkins University reported 2,220 COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths in California as of Tuesday morning.
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