https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/15/judge-orders-alameda-county-to-release-nursing-home-covid-19-data/ > OAKLAND — Alameda County must release records to this news organization revealing how many people at nursing homes and other long-term congregate care facilities were infected with COVID-19 and how many died, as well as the names of facilities with confirmed cases, a judge has decided. > In his ruling, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo also stated that a federal health privacy law known as HIPAA cannot be used to withhold information that isn’t exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act.