![]() ![]() It continued holding such services despite being cited for violating the county health order.Īwaken Church was issued a cease-and-desist order by the county on July 17 after it held indoor services in defiance of a public health order banning such gatherings. ![]() The county has typically avoided specifying the locations, instead identifying by category such as restaurant or grocery setting.Īwaken Church caused county public health officials concern this summer because it was holding large gatherings at which few people were wearing masks. ![]() There were 86 active community outbreaks in San Diego County as of Saturday. County officials did not say how many cases were linked to the services. There was also one additional death reported Saturday.Ĭounty officials said in a statement that they were taking the unusual step of publicly identifying the site of a COVID-19 outbreak because county contact tracers had been unable to reach everyone who might have been exposed.Īwaken Church, which has five locations in San Diego County, had been notified earlier in the week of the outbreak, defined as at least three laboratory-confirmed cases in people from different households who visited the same location within two weeks of illness onset.Īnyone exposed at Awaken Church services should also be tested for COVID-19, the announcement said. The announcement came as the county posted yet another daily record of positive COVID-19 cases, with 1,859 infected, compared to the previous record of 1,802 a day earlier. ![]()
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