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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Dinuba High FFA holds food drive
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As of the most recent update on Satiurday, Nov. 21, there had been 35,635 confirmed cases (12,832 active) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 425,665 tests (8.4 percent) in Fresno County, with 471 deaths and 190 currently hospitalized.
Among Mid Valley Times cities through Nov. 19, Sanger has surpassed Reedley for total overall positive cases with 1,594 (532 active or under investigation) while Reedley is at 1,579 cases (541 active or under investigation); Parlier was listed with 1,298 cases (442) and Orange Cove had 744 cases (251). Del Rey was at 138 cases while Fowler had 315
cases. Squaw Valley and Dunlap had 25 and six total positive cases, respectively. The county reported that 22,408 of the positive cases (62.8 percent) had recovered.
In Tulare County, there were 19,882 total confirmed cases (1,099 active) of COVID- 19 with 304 deaths and 58 hospitalized as of midday on Monday, Nov. 23. Breakdowns by cities/regions show 2,061 cases in Dinuba, 713 in Orosi, 403 in Cutler, 104 in Traver, 16 in the rural area south of Reedley and four in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
A total of 17,549 people (94.2 percent) had recovered from the virus in Tulare County.
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Dinuba High School FFA / Photo Contributed
The Dinuba High School FFA chapter held a successful canned food drive to benefit Open Gate Ministries. Over 300 cans were brought in by members of the community to help those in need in Dinuba. Open Gate Ministries is a private nonprofit corpora- tion, serving the needy of Northern Tulare and Southern Fresno Counties since 1974. Pictured from left to right are Amaya Carrillo (FFA President), Jesus Gutierrez (Vice Presi- dent), Zechariah Nelson (Treasurer) and Yvonne Cortez (Member).
Reedley hospital lauded for pneumonia treatment
PURPLE Continued from page A1
worship services. With restaurants, it means no going out to dine on tur- key, gravy, cranberries and the other Turkey Day favorites.
Exiting the purple category for Fresno County, as well as Tulare County which has been
in the most restrictive tier since the pandemic took a stronghold, ap- pears unlikely anytime soon. In just four days, Fresno County's overall positive caseload grew by more than 1,000, in- cluding nearly 330 new active cases. Hospital- izations continued an unsettling increase with 39 additional patients in
four days.
On Nov. 22, Califor-
nia also began a 10 a.m. to 5 a.m. daily curfew for anyone in the public not working an essen- tial job. Many counties' law enforcement rep- resentatives have said there will be no strict enforcement of the cur- few, announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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A new Gastrointestinal Center with state-of-the-art equipment, experi- enced specialists and a desire to pro- vide high-quality care have earned Ad- ventist Health hospitals in Reedley and Hanford 5-stars in specific procedures and conditions from Healthgrades.
Every year, Healthgrades — the leading resource that connects con- sumers, physicians and health systems -- evaluates 4,500 hospitals nationwide for some of the most common proce- dures and conditions using Medicare data. This year, Adventist Health Han- ford received 5-stars for treatment of heart attack for four years in a row
(2018-2021) and 5-stars for gallblad- der removal surgery in 2021. Adven- tist Health Reedley earned 5-stars for treatment of pneumonia for two years in a row (2020-2021).
According to Healthgrades, pa- tients treated at hospitals receiving 5-star ratings have a lower risk of dy- ing and a lower risk of experiencing one or more complications during a hospital stay than if they were treated at hospitals receiving a 1-star rating in that procedure or condition.
The complete Healthgrades 2021 Report to the Nation and detailed study methodology may be viewed at this link: https://partners.healthgrades. com/quality/.
Fixing up Kern Street
Work on the Kern Street Storm Drain Improvement Project contin- ues near downtown Dinuba. The project will address the continuous flooding that occurs in the down- town area, specifically along Kern Street. Daniel James, city assistant manager, said construction is mov- ing at a very good pace down Kern and some of the connections require that they move laterally along the perpendicular streets. James said according to the work schedule they’re looking at a completion date of sometime in February 2021. The city had applied and received an award of $3 million in CDBG grant funds for the project.
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