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In the last month, Mariposa County has surged from one of the state’s lowest rates of new COVID-19 cases to one of its highest. As a result, county supervisors recently approved mask and vaccine mandates for county employees. As of July 15, Mariposa County had reported 472 total cases of COVID-19 among its 17,000 residents. By August 15, that total had risen to 662 – a jump of more than 40 percent in just one month. “You’re seeing just an explosive increase in the number of COVID patients, and then seeing a similar rise in the number of patients being hospitalized,” said County Health Officer Dr. Eric Sergienko. Six county residents are currently being treated in hospitals, up from lows of one and even zero COVID-positive patients during most of the spring and early summer. This week, the county also reported its first COVID-related death since February, bringing the total now to eight fatalities since the pandemic began. Sergienko attributes the recent surge to the loosening of mask
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