As many as half a million extra people in San Diego County will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, but supplies remain limited, and it is expected to take weeks before everyone admitted to the next qualification level can be vaccinated. .
Those working in emergency services, education and childcare, as well as food and agriculture, can start receiving vaccinations from 27 February. Each of these sectors contains a wide variety of occupations, and there are vaccination plans for certain subdivisions of the groups.
Those who are not covered by specific vaccination plans for their profession should contact their doctor in the first place or book an appointment at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
Newly eligible essential workers
Emergency services include law enforcement officers, whose vaccinations are coordinated by Scripps Health. Others in the sector include those working in 911 call centers, building security, disaster monitoring and response to hazardous materials.
Education and child care include all teachers and staff at those facilities. Those who work up to 12 in transition schoolde degree will have appointments coordinated by the County Office of Education through the California Schools VEBA. They must use vebavaccinates.com and must not show up at the vaccination sites until an appointment has been confirmed by VEBA
Teaching staff working at child care facilities or in higher education not covered by California Schools VEBA should visit their primary care physician or visit vaccination superstationsd.com.
Food and agriculture include workers for any grocery or grocery store; those who support the execution of restaurants and quickly serve food operations, including food preparation food production; a variety of support functions for the food and animal feed industries.
The food and agricultural sectors also include farm workers. They will be the focus of a campaign by Operation Collaboration, a coalition of firefighters and medical personnel delivering COVID-19 vaccines across the region. Operation Cooperation will visit countries and agricultural areas to deliver vaccines to workers in remote areas of the country.
The groups that are just eligible are in addition to health workers and all of 65 and older. People 16 years and older with underlying conditions, regardless of their occupation, can start enrolling for vaccinations on March 15th.
State statistics:
- San Diego County’s calculated, adjusted rate is currently 15 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (as of February 23) and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The test positivity percentage is 5%, which places the county in level 2 or the red level. Although the county’s test positivity rate qualifies it for the Red Tier, the state uses the most restrictive measure – in this case the adjusted rate – and allocates provinces to the level. Therefore, the county remains in the Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The county’s health equity measure, which looks at the positive testing of areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 7.4% and is in the red level or level 2. less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March. 2.
Community Institutions:
- Seven new community outbreaks were confirmed on February 24: four in the business world, one in a daycare / preschool / childcare environment, one in a faith-based agency and one in a retail environment.
- In the past seven days (February 18 to February 24), 30 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
- The number of community outbreaks remains within seven days above the trigger of seven or more.
- An outbreak in a community over the past 14 days is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in an area and in people from different households.
Test:
- 18,830 tests were reported to the province on 24 February, and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 4.4%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days is 14,464.
Cases, hospitalizations and recordings of ICUs:
- 519 cases were reported to the county on 24 February. The total of the region is now 258,982.
- 13,095 or 5.1% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1 580 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.1% of hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 30 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on 24 February. The total of the region is 3 260.
- Twelve women and 18 men died between 14 January and 24 February.
- Of the 30 deaths reported on February 24, 10 people who died were 80 years or older, nine were in their 70s, eight were in their 60s, one was in their 50s and two were in their 40s.
- Twenty-seven had underlying medical conditions, two did not and one had medical history pending.
More information:
The more detailed summaries of the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website is updated daily around 5pm.