California sees a glimmer of hope in its coronavirus crisis when the state revoked a home order for 13 northern provinces, where hospital conditions have improved and Disneyland in Orange County has become a massive vaccination site with 10,000 people so far scheduled for appointments . .
The state’s deadly rise shows signs of flattening after besieging hospitals, mortuaries and ambulance services for weeks.
The number of patients who have just been hospitalized by COVID has decreased to 2400 admissions over the past two days from a previous daily average of approximately 3,500, said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of health and human services in California, said in an online briefing with reporters.
Ghaly calls it ‘the biggest sign for me that things are starting to flatten and could possibly improve’.
The increasing number of hospitalizations led the state on Tuesday to lift the Sacramento region home order, freeing it from rules enacted on Dec. 10 that prohibit gatherings outside a household and restrict businesses.
Rows of cars and crowds at a social distance arrived at Toy Story parking lot on Wednesday for the opening day of Orange County’s first mass vaccination site
A view of a long line of people waiting to take in Disneyland in Anaheim, California on Wednesday above
Mass vaccination sites are opening at Disneyland in Orange County, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and the Cal Expo in Sacramento. A view of people queuing in the parking lot for Disneyland Wednesday in Anaheim, California. Orange County is the first province to allow someone 65 and older to get the vaccine
The crisis continues: Clinical nurse Zachary Petterson tends to care for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, California, Wednesday
The state has reported more than 2.7 million COVID-19 cases and more than 31,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The region could reopen for dining, worship services, hair and nail salons, and increase capacity in stores. Meetings with up to three households are allowed.
Currently, three of the five state areas are under order because their capacity for hospital-intensive care is below 15 percent. These regions are: San Francisco Bay Area, the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
Ghaly also cited other promising trends, including a decline in confirmed daily case numbers.
A total of 36,487 new cases were reported on Tuesday, down from a seven-day average of about 42,000 cases every 24 hours – and a decline in the rate of positive diagnostic tests stabilizing at 13.5 percent after weeks of a steep upward climb. .
He also pointed to a reduced rate in the number of COVID patients in hospitals that stood at 21,747 on Tuesday, up 5.5 percent over the past two weeks. He said it was the lowest rate of increase since late October, when California last saw a week-to-week decline in COVID patients in the hospital.
The state has reported more than 2.7 million COVID-19 cases and more than 31,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
People are receiving temperature controls while waiting in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in a Disneyland parking lot Wednesday.
Got the chance! A view of California residents leaving the Disneyland test site after receiving the vaccination Wednesday
There were issues with the appointments at Disneyland’s vaccination site on the Othena registration app. According to officials, about 10,000 people planned for appointments this week
Worth the wait: A view of people standing in line, including one man who brought a folding chair, Wednesday at the Disneyland test site in Anaheim, California, above
Ghaly warned that the boom after the holidays had not yet reached a peak.
“Earlier this year we had a significant number of big business days, and these cases will … be admitted to our hospitals in the coming days, so we are going to constantly look at the data,” he said.
Government Gavin Newsom last week set a goal to deliver one million doses in the state of nearly 40 million people by Friday. Newsom said last week only about 1 percent of California residents were vaccinated.
Mass vaccination sites are opening at Disneyland in Orange County, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and the Cal Expo in Sacramento, Disneyland is the first to open.
Lines of cars and crowds with a social distance arrived at Disneyland’s Toy Story parking lot on Wednesday for the opening day of Orange County’s first mass vaccination website, giving the company’s happiest spot on earth ‘motto new meaning. The park itself has been closed since March due to the pandemic.
However, there were issues with the appointments on Disneyland’s vaccination site on the Othena registration app.
Deanne Thompson, a spokeswoman for Orange County’s vaccination team, said that of the 60,000 people registered via Othena Tuesday night for an appointment to receive the shot at the site, 10,000 would be in the park Wednesday through Friday. .
This week’s goal is to administer 3,000 doses per day, according to the Orange County Register.
Laguna Woods couple Don and Deanna Ader, 78 and 75 years old, were among the first recipients in the parking lot on Wednesday. They waited in line for a little over an hour before getting their shots.
‘It was painless and ready to go; it is an excellent service they provide. “There is no side for me and my wife,” Don said.
To date, Orange County has received more than 170,000 vaccines and plans to open five mass vaccination sites after Disneyland.
Provincial officials say the goal is to administer 7,500 to 8,000 vaccinations a day at their super-test sites, and ideally all five of the works together administer 40,000 doses daily.
A health care worker on Wednesday tended to kill a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, California.
On Wednesday, the state announced that they would be able to get everyone aged 65 and older the vaccine to the next level after saying earlier that it applies to people aged 75 and older, respectively. with an updated advice from the federal government.
California focuses on vaccinating health workers, nursing home residents and people at risk of getting the virus at work, teachers and agricultural workers will get the chance at the next level.
On Wednesday, the state announced that everyone 65 and older will be able to receive the vaccine after saying earlier that it applies to people aged 75 and older. The announcement is in line with an updated advice from the federal government.
“There is no higher priority than to distribute these vaccines as quickly and efficiently and fairly as possible to those who are experiencing the worst effects,” Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “Individuals 65 and older are now the next group eligible to receive vaccinations.”
Orange County was the first region to expand the vaccine to older residents after the CDC’s announcement.
On the other hand, the Los Angeles County health director said the country will not vaccinate 65-year-olds immediately because there are hundreds of thousands of health workers yet to be vaccinated.
The state also announced Wednesday that it will introduce a new system to notify people whether they are eligible to receive a vaccine or to notify when they are.