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Riverside County health officials say the change will open vaccine eligibility to hundreds of thousands more residents. People aged 16 or 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
“The expansion of eligibility will allow the last major group of adult residents of Riverside County to get vaccinated and bring us closer to herd immunity,” said Kim Saruwatari, director of the health system at Riverside University – Public health, in a press release. “Bringing the vaccine to a younger population, where we have seen an increase in cases, is a big step forward.”
Riverside County could move to the least restrictive orange level as early as this week. The county has been in the red level since March 16 and, for the previous five months, in the most restrictive purple level.
To make an appointment for one of the Riverside County vaccination clinics, visit rivcoph.org/covid-19-vaccine.
Vaccine monitoring: California by the numbers
Note: Data is current until the evening of April 4. Some data sources are about a day behind.
Los Angeles County
About 3.3 million people, or about 40% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3. About 1.8 million people, or 22%, were fully immunized. In total, the county administered approximately 4.9 million doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered approximately 1.2 million doses of the vaccine, a 26% increase from the approximately 955,000 doses given two weeks previously.
Orange County
About 1.1 million people, or about 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3. About 550,000 people, or 22%, were fully immunized. In total, the county administered about 1.6 million doses. In the past two weeks, he administered approximately 393,000 doses of the vaccine, an increase of 29% from the approximately 304,000 doses administered two weeks previously.
Riverside County
About 646,000 people, or about 35% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3. About 357,000 people, or 19%, were fully immunized. In total, the county administered approximately 979,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he administered approximately 209,000 doses of the vaccine, a 12% increase from the approximately 188,000 doses he had administered two weeks previously.
San Bernardino County
About 507,000 people, or about 31% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3. About 283,000 people, or 17%, were fully immunized. In total, the county administered approximately 772,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he administered approximately 173,000 doses of the vaccine, a 19% increase from the approximately 146,000 doses administered two weeks previously.
Ventura County
About 289,000 people, or about 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3. About 168,000 people, or 25%, were fully immunized. In total, the county administered approximately 445,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he administered approximately 107,000 doses of the vaccine, a 32% increase from the approximately 81,000 doses he had administered two weeks previously.
Across the country and across the state
In the United States, according to CDC data, about 106.2 million people, or about 40.3% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 4. About 61.4 million people, or 23.3%, were fully immunized. The same data shows that about 13.3 million people, or about 42.5% of the population over 16 in California, were at least partially vaccinated. About 7 million people, or 22.4%, were fully immunized. This places California 18th in terms of the percentage of people over the age of 16 who are at least partially vaccinated and 40th in terms of people fully vaccinated.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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