What Kern County’s “low” COVID transmission rate means

“We do still have transmission.”

Posted: 3:25 PM, Mar 23, 2022 Updated: 4:26 PM, Mar 23, 2022. By: Taylor Levesque, 23ABC , Muska Olumi, 23ABC. Deanna Padilla, FNP-C, Associate Medical Director at Omni Family Health.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — As the country returns to pre-pandemic life, according to the CDC the risk for COVID-19 here in Kern County is now considered “low.”

“We have easier access to at-home tests and people don’t always notify the health department when their tests are positive which can make our positivity rates look a little bit lower than they actually are,” said Deanna Padilla, Family Nurse Practitioner and Associate Medical Director at Omni Family Health.