COVID-19 Regional Report
Tuolumne County – Public Health reports 24 new community COVID-19 cases, and 2 new Sierra Conservation Center inmate cases. While one of the new cases is hospitalized the rest are isolating and 24 have been released from isolation. A total of 6 Tuolumne residents are in the hospital with COVID-19. The new community cases include 2 females in their under 20, 2 males and 3 females in their 30s, 2 males and 3 females in their 40s, 3 males and 5 females in their 50s, 1 male and 1 female in their 60s, 1 male in his 80s, and 1 male in his 90s.
Tuolumne County – has a total of 3,443 cases split between 2,231 community cases and 1,212 inmate cases. Total recovered community cases are listed as 2,064 with 127 active community cases and the California D
Update at 8:50 a.m.: Calaveras County – Calaveras public health reports another 15 new COVID-19 cases. The daily update was released late Tuesday night. A total of 81 are defined as active coronavirus cases. As reported here an increase in cases are part of resolving a backlog with the state’s CalRedie system. Public health says the case count is approximate and may change or even decrease due to duplicates, incorrect addresses, or individuals found not to reside within Calaveras County and notes that hospitalization data comes from the California Department of Public Health and has a one-day lag. The report has 6 hospitalizations today down from 11 on Friday. Total cases are 1,255 with 554 men and 690 women, the majority, 573 cases, are between 18-49, and 296 are over 65. The zip codes with the most cases are in the Valley Springs 95252 and Campo Seco 95226 areas. A total of 1,151 or 91.7% have recovered.
Staff celebrate annual Community Grant with a drive-thru parade
San Andreas, CA – Three Mountain Ranch organizations started the new year off with an unexpected funding boost of over $30,000.
“These local organizations will focus on collaborative projects that will provide both continued and new access for the Mountain Ranch Community,” remarked MTMC President and CEO Doug Archer. “All three of these organizations are contributing towards improving upon the health vulnerabilities as identified in our Community Health Needs Assessment. Access to Primary and Specialty Care, Behavioral Health, Cardio Vascular Disease, and Older Adult Health are the four significant needs that have been identified in our 2019 report.”
Dignity Health Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) staff in San Andreas became the first people in Calaveras County to be vaccinated against COVID-19 Thursday evening.
County Health and Human Services Director Kristin Stranger stated on Monday that more than 400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine would be delivered to the county this week â enough to vaccinate all local health care providers and EMS responders who are willing.
Nancy Hiteshew, chief nursing officer, was the first person to receive the vaccination at MTMC and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pardeep Athwal, was the second. Kristine Dittman, Emergency Department manager/interim Employee Health nurse, administered the vaccines.