Health officials in Riverside County say the change is affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. Those who are 16 or 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
“The expansion of fitness will vaccinate the last large group of Riverside County residents, bringing us one step closer to herd immunity,” Kim Saruwatari, director of Riverside University Health System-Public Health, said in a press release. said. “Bringing the vaccine to a younger population, where there is an increase in cases, is a big step forward.”
Riverside County could move to the less restrictive orange level as early as this week. The province has been in the red level since March 16, and in the five months before that it was in the most restrictive purple level.
Visit rivcoph.org/covid-19-vaccine to make an appointment for one of the vaccination clinics in Riverside County.
Vaccine Tracking: California by Numbers
Note: the data is current until the evening of 4 April. Some data sources are delayed by about a day.
Los angeles county
About 3.3 million people, or about 40% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3rd. About 1.8 million people, or 22%, were fully vaccinated. In total, the country administered approximately 4.9 million doses. Over the past two weeks, it has administered approximately 1.2 million vaccine doses, an increase of 26% from the approximately 955,000 doses it administered two weeks earlier.
Orange county
About 1.1 million people, or about 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3rd. About 550,000 people, or 22%, were fully vaccinated. In total, the country administered approximately 1.6 million doses. Over the past two weeks, it has administered approximately 393,000 doses of vaccine, an increase of 29% from the approximately 304,000 doses it administered two weeks earlier.
Riverside county
About 646,000 people, or about 35% of the older than 16 population, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3rd. About 357,000 people, or 19%, were fully vaccinated. In total, the country administered approximately 979,000 doses. Over the past two weeks, it has administered approximately 209,000 vaccine doses, an increase of 12% from the approximately 188,000 doses it administered two weeks earlier.
San bernardino county
About 507,000 people, or about 31% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3rd. About 283,000 people, or 17%, were fully vaccinated. In total, the country administered approximately 772,000 doses. Over the past two weeks, it has administered approximately 173,000 vaccine doses, an increase of 19% from the approximately 146,000 doses it administered two weeks earlier.
Ventura County
About 289,000 people, or about 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 3rd. About 168,000 people, or 25%, were fully vaccinated. In total, the province administered approximately 445,000 doses. Over the past two weeks, it has administered approximately 107,000 vaccine doses, an increase of 32% from the approximately 81,000 doses it administered two weeks earlier.
Nationwide and Statewide
According to CDC data, about 106.2 million people, or about 40.3% of the more than 16 population, were at least partially vaccinated as of April 4, according to CDC data. About 61.4 million people, or 23.3%, were fully vaccinated. The same data shows that about 13.3 million people, or about 42.5% of the population of more than 16 in California, are at least partially vaccinated. About 7 million people, or 22.4%, were fully vaccinated. This places California at number 18 in terms of the percentage of people older than 16 who are at least partially vaccinated, and at rank 40 in terms of people who have been fully vaccinated.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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