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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Coronavirus cases have climbed to an all-time high in Santa Barbara County.
Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, the county experienced a tenfold increase in new COVID-19 cases.
This week, the Public Health Department needed to extend the axes on its graphs that track virus data.
“When we look at COVID data by day, what we see is off the chart increases,” public health director Van Do-Reynoso said. “When I say off the chart, I literally mean off the charts.”
After a month filled with winter festivities such as travel and holiday gatherings, more people are getting sick.
Cottage Health Vaccinates Its First Frontline Health Care Workers
Less than a week after the Pfizer vaccine s approval, Cottage Health receives its first shipment of vaccinations and begins to administer them to staff
Lorenzo Vasquez, a registered nurse on the COVID unit at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, received one of the first vaccinations for the novel coronavirus on Thursday. (Cottage Health photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
December 17, 2020
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Cottage Health administered its first COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health care workers on Thursday, a monumental step in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
“We’re here to celebrate a milestone of hope for our health care heroes, our frontline workers, our hospital, and importantly for our community as well,” said Ron Werft, president and CEO of Cottage Health. “The arrival of this vaccine is particularly important today because of the rising prevalence of C