3 new deaths linked to COVID in Tuolumne, 1 in Calaveras

Covid-19 regional report Monday

Tuolumne County – Tuolumne Public Health reports that their ongoing investigations have confirmed that two more COVID-related deaths occurred in January, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s. They also report that an investigation into the death of a 90-year-old woman who was released from solitary confinement is also now a confirmed death linked to COVID. In total, since Friday, Tuolumne County has added six new community cases; two Saturday and four today. The new cases are a boy aged 17 or younger, a woman aged 18 to 29, a woman and a man aged 50 to 59, a man aged 80 to 89 and a woman over 90. Five people have been released from solitary confinement, no cases are currently hospitalized.

Tuolumne County has a total of 4,014 cases spread across 2,598 cases in the community and Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) inmate cases remain at 1,416. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports that CSC currently has no active COVID-19 positive inmates in the prison today. The total number of community cases released from isolation is 2,524 and the total number of tests administered is 78,582. The county reports 24,657 doses of vaccine administered to Tuolumne.

Calaveras County – Calaveras Public Health reports another death for a total of 51 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. There are five new cases of COVID-19 in their report since Friday with the county’s total number of cases at 1,972 and active cases decreasing from 6 to 10. Recoveries have increased from 9 to 1,911. The report does not make status of no active hospitalization with COVID-19. A total of 911 men, 1,043 women and 18 without sex have been declared infected with COVID-19. The total number of people over 65 identified with COVID has increased by one unit to a total of 434 since the start of the pandemic.

Vaccines: Tuolumne Public Health to vaccinate people aged 45 and over with the Pfizer vaccine, in addition to other eligible groups tomorrow, March 23^rd. If you are eligible and can do so tomorrow, fill out their online application form or call them at 533-7440 right away. They encourage those who are eligible to receive the COVID vaccine as soon as it is available to them. You can also email [email protected] High risk health issues are detailed here, those in the following sectors are also state approved: foster parents / resources, public transport / transport, utilities, those working with the homeless population and high risk gathering places such as shelters and detention centers. In addition, they continue with those of phases 1A and 1B; education and child care, emergency services, and food and agriculture. Our vaccine information page is here.

Test: The Mother Lode Fairgrounds test site will be open Sunday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Friday and Saturday. The Groveland site is at Youth Center, 18950 Hwy 120 Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Individuals can select the site location when booking an appointment at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 888-634-1123. More details, including test dates at Calaveras, are in our calendar of events here.

State master plan to reopen: As shown here, Tuolumne is in the red level with Calaveras. The evaluations are carried out by the state on Tuesday. The data and level assignments released this week are based on the week ending March 6 with a case rate of 4.1 and a test positivity rate of 1.3. More level level details are on our Coronavirus page here.