Update: 1 new COVID-19 death in Calaveras 36 new cases

COVID-19 regional report Thursday

Calaveras County Public Health reports 1 new death from COVID-19, man in his 60s. A total of 74 deaths of Calaveras residents are attributed to COVID-19. There are 36 new cases of Covid since yesterday’s report. Active cases have increased to 53, including a Covid hospitalization. There are 9 new cases aged 0 to 17 and 9 new cases in people aged 65 or over. Since the start of the pandemic, Calaveras has had 547 Covid-19 positive children aged 17 and under and 612 Covid-19 positive aged 65 and over. Calaveras vaccinated 53.3% of its eligible population.

Tuolumne Public Health reports 27 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday’s report with 218 active cases including 4 hospitalized. Active cases in the Tuolumne County community were below 200 for 8 days until today, they were above 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.

The current total case rate, an average of 14 days for Tuolumne County, is down to 41.9 from 43.3 per 100,000 population. A total of 4,609 have been released from solitary confinement after testing positive for COVID-19, there have been 103 deaths and 1,620 inmate cases none of which are currently active, for a total of 6,550 positive cases for COVID-19.

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

Of the 27 new community cases, 23 were not vaccinated and 4 were vaccinated. Of the population of Tuolumne eligible for vaccination, 59% were vaccinated.

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, at Rapid Care, in the hospital emergency department if you have symptoms, or contact your health care provider.

Vaccines against covid-19 Tuolumne Public Health said, “There are positive steps we can take 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 requires 3 weeks between doses and Moderna requires 4 weeks. The J&J vaccine only requires 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.