2 new deaths from COVID-19, 56 new cases in Tuolumne, 8 cases in Calaveras

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Tuolumne Public Health reports two deaths from COVID-19, a woman in her sixties and a man in his sixties. There are 56 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday’s report with 223 active cases including 6 hospitalized. The current total case rate, an average of 14 days for Tuolumne County, has fallen to 38.8 from 39.2 per 100,000 population. A total of 4,670 have been released from solitary confinement after testing positive for COVID-19, there have been 105 deaths, 4,998 cases in the community and 1,620 cases of inmates without any currently active COVID-19 cases .

New cases reported today include 20 cases aged 17 or younger and 12 cases aged 60 or older. The breakdown by sex and age is; 4 girls and 4 boys aged 0-11, 5 girls and 7 boys aged 12-17, 2 women and 7 men aged 18-29, 1 woman and 3 men aged 30-39, 5 women and 4 men 40 to 49 years old, 1 woman and 1 man from 50 to 59 years old, 1 woman from 60 to 69 years old, 5 women and 3 men from 70 to 79 years old, and 2 women and 1 man from 80 to 89 years old.

Of the 56 new community cases, 48 ​​were not vaccinated, as were the two newly reported deaths and 8 of the new cases were vaccinated. Of the population of Tuolumne eligible for vaccination, 59% were vaccinated. Active community cases in Tuolumne County fell below 200 for 8 days. Cases were over 200 for 49 days between August 2 and September 19 with a maximum of 407 active cases. In the previous outbreak, active cases were over 200 for 36 days between November 15 and December 20 with a maximum of 350.

Calaveras County Public Health reports 8 new cases of Covid since Friday’s report. Active cases have increased to 49, including a Covid hospitalization. There is a new case aged 0 to 17 and a new case aged 65 or over. Since the start of the pandemic, Calaveras has had 558 Covid-19 positive children aged 17 and under and 619 Covid-19 positive aged 65 and over. Calaveras vaccinated 53.4% ​​of its eligible population.

Preview of last week (Sep 24, Oct 1) Tuolumne reported a total of 197 new cases of COIVD-19 and Calaveras reported 151 new cases. There have been two deaths of residents of Tuolumne due to COVID-19 and three deaths of residents of Calaveras. Hospitalizations in both counties declined over the week, although Friday’s in Tuolumne fell from four to six.

COVID-19 test Public health recommends if you think you have been exposed to COVID, make an appointment to be tested 5 days after exposure and if you have any symptoms, please get tested immediately. The Tuolumne County State Test Site is open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. Appointments can be made at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 888-634-1123, the same website and phone number can be used to schedule testing in other counties. The tests are also available at some pharmacies, from Rapid Care, the hospital emergency department if you have symptoms, or contact your health care provider.

Vaccines against covid-19 Tuolumne Public Health states: “Thank you for continuing to take positive steps to protect ourselves and those around us from illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. Immunization is the single most important step we can take to reduce the spread of disease and reduce the impact on our health system. In addition, the continued practice of other preventive actions such as wearing a mask in public, keeping your distance, avoiding crowds, washing your hands, cleaning surfaces and staying at home in case of illness will help slow the spread of the virus. .“

Vaccine appointment can be done at local pharmacies and at myturn.ca.gov or by calling 833-422-4255. Anyone 12 years of age and older is eligible for a COVID vaccine, Pfizer is approved for anyone 12 years of age or older. In Calaveras, mobile vaccination clinics are now performing COVID-19 testing. For times and locations of COVID-19 testing, visit: https://covid19.calaverasgov.us/. Visits only for COVID-19 testing. No appointment is necessary. Register online to reduce the wait time: https://bit.ly/3wpNEUU. The Pfizer vaccine takes 3 weeks between doses and the Moderna takes 4 weeks. The J&J vaccine requires only one dose. Information on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots can be found here. Call or email with any questions you may have Tuolumne is available at (209) 533-7440 [email protected], Mariposa at (209) 259-1332 or [email protected] more numbers are available at our COVID-19 vaccine page here.