After a Year of COVID-19 Chaos, Dos Pueblos High’s Return to School Like Starting Over
Sense of normalcy re-emerges as more students resume in-person instruction, but seniors may be the most excited class of all
From left, Dos Pueblos High School seniors Natalie Grover, Sasha Runyen and Noel Tsoukalas create their tiles for a new campus mural during lunchtime Friday. The project commemorates the school experiences that DPHS students missed out on during more than a year of COVID-19 disruption. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Dos Pueblos High students relax outdoors during lunch Friday. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Socially distanced students hang out inside the Dos Pueblos High library during lunch Friday. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
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By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @NoozhawkNews
April 15, 2021
| 9:00 p.m.
The individual who died was older than age 70, had underlying health issues and resided in the unincorporated area of the South Coast.
The county’s cumulative COVID-19 death toll increased to 444, and there have been 33,796 confirmed cases in the county to date.
There were 15 patients hospitalized with the virus as of Thursday, including two in intensive-care units.
County hospitals were operating at an ICU availability rate of more than 21% on Thursday, according to the Public Health Department.
The county reported an average of 20.6 daily COVID-19 hospitalizations during the past seven days, which is more than 14% less than the week before, according to data tracking by Noozhawk.
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COVID patients were occupying only 2.6% of the county’s available, staffed ICU beds, according to Noozhawk’s data tracking.
The county’s ICU availability rate fell to 25% on Wednesday, down from 29.9% on Tuesday.
Of the new cases reported Wednesday, 14 were from Santa Barbara. The Lompoc Valley and the Santa Maria Valley each reported seven new cases, the Goleta Valley logged four, and the Santa Ynez Valley had two.
Four cases were pending geographic locations.
As of Tuesday, 22.2% of the county’s population was fully vaccinated, according to the county’s Community Data Dashboard.
Of the North County population, 17.5% was fully vaccinated. In the Mid-County region, 18.2% of the population was fully vaccinated, and 26.2% of South County residents were fully vaccinated.
By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
April 12, 2021
| 6:04 p.m.
Cottage Health’s drive-up vaccination clinic at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital has 10,000 COVID-19 vaccination appointments available for the week.
The hospital has 8,500 first-dose Pfizer appointments available for its clinic this week, open from Tuesday through Saturday, and an additional 1,500 second-dose appointments, according to Bob Behbehanian, director of marketing and consumerism at Cottage Health.
All community members over the age of 16 are eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine, but those 16 or 17 are required to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to provide consent, Behbehanian said.
Appointments are required and must be made in advance on MyTurn, the state’s COVID-19 vaccine scheduling platform.