Noozhawk’s COVID-19 Replace 8.10.2022 | Coronavirus Disaster

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Welcome to Noozhawk’s Weekly COVID-19 Briefing. 

I’m Grace Kitayama, a employees author for Noozhawk.

This text is a method for Noozhawk readers to get vital updates in a single place.

It’s emailed out each Wednesday, without cost, to everyone who subscribes.

Right here’s What We Know 

» In accordance with the Santa Barbara County Public Well being Division, there was a 12.6% decrease in new COVID-19 cases reported final week in comparison with the earlier week. That is an underreporting of circumstances within the county as a result of at-home speedy antigen assessments should not usually reported.

» The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stories that COVID-19 neighborhood ranges stay at a medium rating for the county.

» The county’s testing positivity charge is 15.4%, a 1% lower from the week earlier than. 

» As of Monday, there have been 50 coronavirus-positive sufferers hospitalized within the county, together with 4 being handled in intensive-care items.

COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker

COVID-19 vaccines can be found and beneficial for everybody 6 months outdated and older.

Of these eligible, 69% of Santa Barbara County residents have been vaccinated towards COVID-19, in accordance with the California Department of Public Health.

Youngsters underneath 5, the latest group to turn out to be eligible for vaccination, have the bottom charge of being absolutely vaccinated at 0.5%.

Adults over age 65 have the very best charge at 93.8% absolutely vaccinated.

Reader Sources

» Discover a COVID-19 vaccine supplier close to you on the Vaccine Finder search function of https://www.vaccines.gov/search/. You possibly can seek for suppliers by location and by particular vaccine obtainable (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Novavax and Johnson & Johnson). You too can discover suppliers on the county web site, publichealthsbc.org/vaccine, or at myturn.ca.gov. Some services supply walk-ups in addition to appointments.

» Textual content your ZIP code to GETVAX (438829) for an inventory of vaccine suppliers in English, or textual content your ZIP code to VACUNA (822862) for an inventory in Spanish. 

» There are free COVID-19 testing facilities around the county.

» Discover extra native pandemic-related info on the Public Health Department website.

» Click here for Noozhawk’s complete Coronavirus Crisis coverage.

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