Skilled Nursing facilities in Santa Cruz County are responsible for 46 of the county’s 64 COVID-19 related deaths. The good news today is that facility residents and staff are expected to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year.
Doctors say all seven skilled nursing facilities in the county have experienced outbreaks over the course of the pandemic.
One facility said it expects to receive its first doses of vaccine on Dec. 27. Reports say the skilled nursing facility has had about 75% of its residents test positive for COVID-19. Sixteen of those have died.
