SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three Sacramento area businesses -- two bars and a grocery store -- temporarily shut their doors on Friday after learning someone inside their establishment recently tested positive for coronavirus.
The Depot, Badlands, and Corti Brothers have all temporarily closed to deep clean.
Jonathan Cameron is the manager for both the Depot and Badlands, adjoining nightclubs in Midtown's Lavender Heights neighborhood. He said a customer visited the bars on Friday, June 19, then later tested positive for coronavirus.
"He was wearing a mask the whole time per our rules," Cameron said. "He was kind of self-isolated within his own pod of friends that he was there with, and really said he had very little contact with our staff other than getting his temperature taken when he first came in."
When they two bars reopened last week after being closed for three months due to the pandemic, Cameron said, they both required temperature checks of customers, social distancing and masks
"Our number one focus is the safety of our customers and our staff," Cameron said.
The nightclubs will remain closed for at least one week for cleaning. They are located in the Lavender Heights neighborhood, which is the heart of Sacramento’s LGBTQ community. The bars happen to be closing on the eve of Sacramento Pride weekend, a time when many people would normally be out celebrating. However, the pandemic has forced summer festivals to make big changes, and Sac Pride is completely virtual this year.
Over in East Sacramento, Corti Brothers grocery store closed Friday after someone who frequents the market tested positive for coronavirus, according to a sign posted on the store.
“We are CLOSED today. A positive Covid19 result has been presented from someone who has been inside our market regularly. We are following all proper guidance to cleanse our premises. We will reopen as soon as all protocols have been completed. Thank you! The Corti Family & Staff,” the sign at Corti Brothers read.
On Friday, June 26, Sacramento County set a new record for the number of new coronavirus cases in one day for the second time in one week. On Monday, county officials reported 131 new cases, and then, on Friday, officials reported 154 new cases. Both reports set new records from the previous peak in mid-April.
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