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The five-day vacation period brought another 396 known, new COVID-19 cases to Napa County.
The county reported the census on Monday. It is the first report since Wednesday because of the Christmas holidays.
This followed the 445 new cases reported by the county in the first three days of last week. The number of new cases in recent weeks has been the highest since the start of the pandemic.
To date with the pandemic, the province has had 5,487 confirmed cases. It reports that 3,570 are active, 1,890 have recovered, and 27 have resulted in death. A total of 128,180 people were tested.
A state-mandated stay-at-home order continues for the Bay Area until at least January 8. It was turned off for at least three weeks when the intensive care unit capacity in the region fell below 15%. From Monday the capacity was at 9.5%.
The province is encouraging people to get tested for COVID-19. Visit https://www.countyofnapa.org/2963/Testing-Locations for a list of local testing locations, ranging from Napa Valley Expo to local health care providers and local pharmacies.
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