By Eli Walsh | Bay Metropolis Information Basis
Three dozen COVID-19 circumstances have been confirmed at Santa Rosa’s Samuel L. Jones Corridor Homeless Shelter this month, with greater than 120 residents on the shelter uncovered to the virus, in response to the town.
Metropolis officers and Catholic Charities, which operates the city-owned shelter, confirmed the primary two constructive circumstances on Jan. 4. Since then, 121 residents have been uncovered and 36 have examined constructive, as of Thursday.
The latest constructive take a look at was Tuesday, in response to the town. Not one of the contaminated shelter residents have been hospitalized.
The shelter additionally skilled an outbreak of circumstances in July and August 2021, when the delta COVID variant first arrived in Sonoma County.
Residents are examined twice weekly to watch the virus’ potential to unfold on the shelter. New intakes have been quickly paused till the shelter has confirmed at the very least two rounds of damaging assessments.