3 new COVID-related deaths in Tuolumne, 1 in Calaveras

Covid-19 Regional Report Monday

Tuolumne County Tuolumne Public Health reports that their ongoing investigations have confirmed that two additional 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 woman in her 90s who was released from solitary confinement is also a confirmed COVID-related death. In total, Tuolumne County has added six new community cases since Friday; 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 is exempt from isolation. hospitalized.

Tuolumne County has a total of 4,014 cases, divided between 2,598 community cases, and the prisoner cases in the Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) remain at 1,416. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports SCC currently has no active COVID-19 positive inmates in the prison. Total community cases released from isolation are 2,524 and the total number of tests administered is 78,582. The province reports 24,657 doses of vaccines administered in Tuolumne.

Calaveras county Calaveras’ public health reports another death for a total of 51 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began. There have been five new COVID-19 cases since Friday in their report, with the province’s total cases at 1,972 and active cases declining by six to 10.. Recoveries increased by nine to 1,911. The report has no active COVID-19 hospitalizations. In total, there were 911 men, 1,043 women and 18 with no sex infected with COVID-19. The total number of people over the age of 65 identified with COVID has increased by one to a total of 434 since the pandemic began.

Vaccines: Tuolumne Public Health will vaccinate those 45 years and older with the Pfizer vaccine, in addition to other eligible groups tomorrow 23 March^rd. If you are eligible and can make tomorrow, fill out their online inquiry form or call them right away at 533-7440. They encourage those who are eligible to get the COVID vaccine as soon as it is available. You can also email [email protected]. High-risk health conditions are details here, those in the following sectors are also state-approved: foster / resource parents, transportation, utilities, those who work with the homeless population, and high-risk municipal institutions such as shelters and detention facilities. In addition, they continue with those in Phases 1A and 1B; education and child care, emergency services, and food and agriculture. Our vaccination information sheet 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 Saturdays. The Groveland site is open Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Youth Center, 18950 Hwy 120. Individuals can choose the place when making their appointment at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 888-634-1123. More details, including the test dates of Calaveras, are in our event calendar here.

State blueprint to reopen: As reported here, Tuolumne is with Calaveras in the Red Tier. Evaluations will be done by the state on Tuesday. The data and level allocations announced this week are based on the week ending March 6, with a 4.1 rate and 1.3 positivity rate. More details on the level are on our Coronavirus page here.