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It is frightening. Major Sacramento hospital braces for surge as COVID cases soar
Sacramento Bee 5 hrs ago Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee
Jul. 22 Health leaders at UC Davis Medical Center are sounding the alarm on the Sacramento region s exploding rate of COVID-19 cases, with one official calling it hard to tell whether the situation will grow as bad as the dire surge California experienced last winter. A Sacramento-area COVID-19 surge is likely, given the highly contagious (Delta) variant and the low vaccination rate, UC Davis Health wrote in a news release sent Thursday.
About 48% of Sacramento County residents are fully vaccinated, compared to 53% statewide, according to California Department of Public Health data. About 54% in the county, but 61% statewide, have had at least one dose.
Sacramento County COVID-19 case rate higher than state average Share Updated: 7:22 AM PDT Jul 14, 2021 Share Updated: 7:22 AM PDT Jul 14, 2021
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Show Transcript CRUZ BREAKS DOWN THOSE NUMBERS. MARICELA: AS THE DEALT VARIANT HAS BECOME CALIFORN’A S PREDOMINANT STRAIN, MASS GATHERGSIN INDOORS IN COMBINATION WITH UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. THE DELTA VARIANT IS HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE. MARILA:CE SEVERAL COUNTIES ARE NOTICING AN UPTICK IN COVID-19 CASES. MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ARE UNVACCINEDAT. THE PEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE DEALT VARIANT ARE ALSO MOSTLY UNVACCINATED. MARICELA: THE CASRAE TE IS AT 3.8 NEW CASES PER 100,000. SACRAMENTO IS AT 9.3. FOLLOWED BY STANISLAUS AND PLERAC COUNTY. YOLO AT 1.9 NEW CASES. OUT OF 115,000 FULLY VACCINATED RESIDES,NT ONLY 82 HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND YOLO COUNTY. THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR VACCINATION EFFORTS. THE CITY IS AHEAD OF THE UNCOTYWIDE AVERAGE. THERE
Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 09May 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January hig
Vaccinations to people: Counties shifting to smaller, more targeted community-based sites
Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties are changing their strategy for easier vaccine access Share Updated: 9:35 PM PDT May 5, 2021
Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties are changing their strategy for easier vaccine access Share Updated: 9:35 PM PDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript VACCINE STRAIGHT TO PEOPLE. AS VACCINATION DEMAND HAS SLOWED DOWN A BIT, SACRAMENTO COUNTY IS CHANGING THE STRATEGY FOR EASIER VACCINE ACCESS SACRAMENTO, YOLO AND PLACER COUNTIES CHANGING THEIR STRATEGY FOR EASIER VACCINE ACCESS. WE SAW THE SUCCESS. CLEARLY IT WAS SUCCESS. ALMOST 50% OF THE YOLO COUNTY POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED BUT THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THEIR DOSE. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO A BIG COUNTY IF THEY DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH, FOR EXAMPLE NOW. AN EFFORT ALSO BEING PUSHED BY SACRAMENTO COUNT