Kaiser Permanente has administered more coronavirus vaccines to Sonoma County residents than any other single provider, according to new data released by the country this week, which provides unprecedented details on the 2-month-old campaign to vaccinate residents of the country from the deadly virus.
As of Wednesday, 76,936 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccine have been administered to Sonoma County residents, equivalent to one dose of 15.4% of the total population. The province and its partners have delivered the vaccine to a greater proportion of residents than nine other California provinces that most closely resemble, provincial vaccine chief Dr. Urmila Shende said Wednesday night.
“So things are going very, very well with many different provinces in California,” Shende said. “It’s a bumpy road, it does not feel that way every day. But we are making progress and delivering doses faster than other countries of our size. ”
Most adjoining provinces, however, continue to surpass the province of Sonoma in order to vaccinate their population. Napa (19.0%), Marin (18.2%) and Mendocino (17.1%) have been delivering more doses per capita. Lake County (12.3%) delivered less.
Overall, Sonoma County has the 12th highest vaccination rate among the state’s 58 provinces, according to data compiled by the state Department of Public Health.
The data reveals new insights into the vaccination campaign, which began on December 14 with health workers and emergency personnel in the foreground, and expanded on January 27 to seniors over 75. This week, teachers working with young students were admitted with people in the age group 70 to 74 years.
Just over 1 in 10 residents who received the vaccine were shot outside Sonoma County, mostly health care workers going to work in nearby provinces.
How the distribution of vaccines differs according to the supplier
Kaiser, the largest healthcare provider in the country, has administered more vaccinations than any other single entity, with nearly 17,000 shots in the arms so far. Secondly, there was a group of businesses that worked together to manage the websites launched by the province – including the Sonoma County Medical Association, DEMA Consulting and OptumServe. Together, they administered just over 12,000 doses.
The second largest vaccine administrators were Sutter Health (approximately 10,050 doses), providers outside the province (somewhere near 8,000), CVS Pharmacy (more than 5,000), Safeway (close to 4,000) and St. Joseph Health, which is operated. Santa Rosa Memorial and Petaluma Valley hospitals (right around 3000).
Judging by the data, not everyone goes through the same vials on the same scale.
Among the six hospitals in Sonoma County, Kaiser Santa Rosa received approximately 95% of the doses, Petaluma Valley Hospital 84% and Sonoma Valley Hospital 59%. Santa Rosa Memorial, the largest hospital in the province, administered only 55% of the doses it received. Sutter Santa Rosa did not receive a dose figure, and the Healdsburg District Hospital line showed that more doses (1,094) went out than came in the facility (980). This is a further indication of the mocking nature of the current vaccination data.
Healdsburg Hospital was able to extract extra doses from its vials, which are possible with the right type of needle, said Kate Pack, the country’s largest epidemiologist. Other discrepancies in the data could be the result of confusion over what the province is asking healthcare providers to pick up, she said.
St. Joseph Health, the parent company of Memorial Hospital, did not respond to a request for comment on the rate of use at its Santa Rosa Hospital.
The problem for Sutter Health in tracking its allocation is that, as a multiland entity, it regularly shares available doses on campuses based on daily demand, said Erin Neal, chief executive of the Bay Area provider.
“The award comes from the state system,” Neal explained. ‘We get a certain amount for Sutter, and while we set up our appointments and vaccination clinics, it’s awarded to us, in Sonoma County. That’s why I apologize. I do not have a straight answer to the question. But we plead weekly for as much as we can get according to our population. ”
It was unclear why Kaiser and St. Joseph was able to overcome similar challenges in reporting.
Who gets first vaccines
In addition to the maps on the distribution of providers, the country also shared data on the demographics and geographical payout of vaccinations.
Residents of Latino have so far received only 11% of the doses, although they make up 27.3% of the population. Meanwhile, about 61.5% of all doses went to women, compared to 38.5% for men. Pack said the numbers reflect the earliest emphasis of the vaccination effort, which has focused on health workers in the front line.
The breakdown of vaccinations according to the residents’ postal codes shows a big difference. Its zip code with the highest percentage of vaccines was 95444 in Graton, at 26%. The lowest was 95412 in Annapolis, with about 4%.
The numbers provided Wednesday are very relevant as they relate to Sonoma County’s descent through the various phases and levels of California’s vaccination priority system. Officials said the province has now immunized about 45% of 75-year-olds, a portion they considered large enough to give a move to a 70 to 74 demographic this week.
Individuals aged 65 to 69, who make up about 7% of the country’s population with about 34,000 people, are anxiously awaiting their turn. This will only come as the many vaccine providers, large and small, move through the older chassis.
“I wish we could give you a specific date for 65 and older, but it depends on our total supply level, and how fast we can continue to vaccinate,” Shende said.
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