Davis skilled nursing facility reports first case of coronavirus in a resident
A skilled nursing facility in Davis has reported its first confirmed coronavirus case in a resident.
Yolo County’s public health dashboard for COVID-19 activity was updated Monday to include Courtyard Healthcare Center among long-term care facilities with at least one confirmed case.
One resident of the facility and no staff members have so far tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the highly contagious virus, according to Courtyard’s website and the county dashboard.
Courtyard, located on Eighth Street, is Yolo County’s third senior care home to report a confirmed infection and the first to do so in Davis.
Stollwood Convalescent Hospital, part of the St. John’s Retirement Village complex in Woodland, in April first reported a major outbreak. As of Tuesday, a total of 34 staff members and 32 residents at the 48-bed convalescent hospital had tested positive, according to Yolo County health officials. Seventeen people have died at Stollwood, including at least one staffer.
The Californian, an assisted living and dementia care facility in Woodland, has also reported one positive patient. That patient was transferred to Stollwood for treatment, the Davis Enterprise reported.
In a post to its website last Thursday, Courtyard says it is working with the county to test all residents and staff. As of Tuesday morning, the county dashboard shows that 216 have been tested at the facility, which has 112 beds and also offers physical therapy and rehabilitation services.
The facility says it has designated wings of its facility for those who may test positive for COVID-19, and that it has created a separate “observation unit” where newly admitted patients can be “quarantined, tested and closely monitored” for COVID-19 symptoms before being assigned to a standard room.
Skilled nursing and assisted living facilities have been the sites of many of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks throughout California and across the U.S.
In May alone, nearly 1,200 Californians residing in those facilities died from the virus, more than half the state’s death toll that month.
