The pandemic unfolds

December

  • 31

    First confirmed COVID-19 case in Wuhan, China

January

  • 21

    First confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S.

    First COVID-19 test sent from Community Hospital to CDC

  • 26

    First confirmed COVID-19 case in California

  • 30

    World Health Organization declares global emergency

FEBRUARY

  • 6

    First confirmed COVID-19 death in U.S.

MARCH

  • 2

    Monterey County activates Emergency Operations Center

  • 3

    Montage Health activates Hospital Incident Command System

  • 4

    California declares a state of emergency

  • 9

    Montage Health launches free online doctor visits for those with respiratory symptoms

  • 11

    Community Hospital opens emergency triage tent

  • 16

    Elective surgeries and procedures suspended at Community Hospital

    Montage Medical Group rolls out video visits

  • 17

    First two confirmed COVID-19 cases in Monterey County

    Monterey County issues shelter-in-place order

  • 20

    First death in Monterey County due to complications from COVID-19

  • 21

    First COVID-19 positive case at Community Hospital

  • 27

    MoGo Urgent Care, Monterey, opens

  • 30

    First death at Community Hospital related to COVID-19

    Garden West unit at Community Hospital designated a COVID-19 unit

APRIL

  • 6

    MoGo Urgent Care, Marina, opens

  • 11

    First in-house COVID-19 testing available at Community Hospital

MAY

  • 6

    California launches first two free COVID-19 community testing sites for persons with or without symptoms in Monterey County

  • 9 and 13

    Lightning Formation Airshow Group and the California Air National Guard salute healthcare workers and first responders with hospital flyovers

  • 18

    Many Community Hospital services and elective surgeries that were scaled back due to COVID-19 resume, following strict CDC protocols

  • 19

    First Monterey Peninsula drive-through COVID-19 testing site opens at Monterey Peninsula College

  • 21

    Montage Health deactivates Hospital Incident Command System after 80 days

  • 30

    Monterey County gets approval from the state to start opening some non-essential businesses