"Hospital reporting is not 'real-time' and can lag several days behind what is actually happening. But we can't relax our guard, says APHA's Georges Benjamin. Mental health patients who are unable to be treated. COPD, obesity, diabetes, growing numbers have it and no plan to control these preventable diseases. By Scott W. O'Connor | April 20, 2020. 8. Find a contact by name, department, job title or location. "Furthermore, SCCHD has been made aware of a growing number of workplace and school related cases," the department said in the statement. APHA works to improve access to care, bring about health equity and support public health infrastructure. We are inspired by y…, Tuesday night's Sunset Tweetup with the @deBeaumontFoundation was so epic we couldn't fit it in one photo! Find out what APHA is doing to fight the problem of lead exposure and help protect the public's health. Industry Advice Healthcare. While the the number of total hospitalizations remained around 200 starting this week, the rate of inpatient beds being occupied by COVID-19 patients has gone up from about 7.5% to 9% on Tuesday. 3. Workplace guidance has been developed and can be found at: www.scchealth.co (COVID-19 page). The county was also experiencing a record-high 9.5% positivity rate for the virus. Donate today and help APHA promote and protect the health of all people by creating the healthiest nation in one generation. function GTranslateFireEvent(element,event){try{if(document.createEventObject){var evt=document.createEventObject();element.fireEvent('on'+event,evt)}else{var evt=document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');evt.initEvent(event,true,true);element.dispatchEvent(evt)}}catch(e){}}function doGTranslate(lang_pair){if(lang_pair.value)lang_pair=lang_pair.value;if(lang_pair=='')return;var lang=lang_pair.split('|')[1];var teCombo;var sel=document.getElementsByTagName('select');for(var i=0;i