Appointments are not required, but a county press release encourages individuals looking for a third vaccine dose to make one through the county’s website.
Riverside County will remain in the orange tier for another two weeks
as its COVID-19 metrics again remained above the threshold for lifting more business restrictions, according to data released by public health officials at Tuesday s Board of Supervisors meeting.
The county reported a case rate of 3.9 new daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents compared to last week s 4.5. The county s positivity rate is 2.1% and its positivity among at-risk populations is 2.1%, according to Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari.
Last week s positivity rate was 2.3% and positivity among at-risk populations was 2.9%. So those numbers have come down, we re actually on four consecutive days of the numbers coming down, incremental decreases, but trending in the right direction nonetheless, said Saruwatari at Tuesday s meeting.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will once again be available at Riverside County-run clinics as local health officials on Monday lifted a pause on the shots.
The one-shot vaccine will be administered starting Thursday at Alessandro High School in Hemet. Its use will expand to other locations and county mobile vaccination teams next week, officials said in a press release.
The move follows recommendations made by state and federal officials earlier this month to temporarily stop using the one-shot vaccine after reports of rare blood clots. However, U.S. health officials lifted the 11-day pause on Friday after determining the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks of keeping it off the market.