Sonoma County has reached a hopeful milestone in the pandemic: The number of Sonoma County residents who have completed their vaccinations now exceeds the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus.
About 32,777 people, according to the country’s data, received both doses of Moderna or Pfizer vaccines in Sonoma County. There have been 27,925 confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide since March 2020, when a resident returning from a voyage to Mexico became the first person to test positive for the virus locally.
(The orange line shows the number of confirmed virus cases, while the purple line shows the number of people who have both been vaccinated.)
“It’s an important milestone that there are now more people who have been fully vaccinated than total confirmed cases,” Matt Brown, a communications specialist at the County of Sonoma, said in an email. ‘This means that we are actively working to get the vaccine into arms and to protect vulnerable people from the virus. As more people are vaccinated, we will hopefully start to see less COVID transmission, which will help reduce our case. ”
There were 67,227 residents who received their first vaccine dose, and 100,004 people received a vaccine as of February 25, according to the data.
“This is nearly 25 percent of our adult population aged 16 and over (411,000),” Brown wrote. “We will continue to vaccinate as many people as possible as long as the stock is there.”
About 494,336 people live in Sonoma County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. To achieve herd immunity, 60-80% of the population must be vaccinated, said dr. Sundari Mase, provincial health official, said on February 18.
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