One week before most COVID restrictions are set to be lifted in California, Del Norte County remained in the red tier of restrictions.
Dr. Warren Rehwaldt told the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors that while new cases were still occurring, he is ready for restrictions to be lifted. We re looking forward to seeing the tiers go away, Rehwaldt said. I get the sense the worst of the pandemic is behind us, and hopefully it will stay behind us.
The key to keeping COVID at bay continues to be getting people vaccinated, Rehwaldt said. To help with that, Rehwaldt said Del Norte Public Health recently moved its vaccine program to Snap Nurse. The move extended vaccine clinics at the county fairgrounds to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The clinic will also move to different locations around the county in an effort to reach more people.
Those areas where fewer people are vaccinated are most likely to see a coronavirus rebound, officials say.
“We are seeing high case rates in our northern rural counties, where vaccination rates are lower,” tweeted State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan.
Among the counties of concern in the rural northern part of the state are Tehama and Siskiyou, the only two in California identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a “high” virus transmission rate.
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Only 27% of Tehama County residents have gotten a vaccine shot, according to data compiled by The Times, and the county has had California’s worst case rates over the past seven days, reporting about 20 new cases per day per 100,000 residents. That’s up from 8 new cases per 100,000 residents one month ago.
Interest in the COVID-19 vaccine has continue to slow in Del Norte County — with one key caveat, according to County Health Officer Dr. Warren Rehwaldt.
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