- El Dorado County residents return home as some evacuation orders downgraded for Caldor Fire KCRA Sacramento
- South Lake Tahoe residents begin cautious return as nearly half-contained Caldor Fire burns nearby The Washington Post
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Delta variant detected in Sacramento, El Dorado counties
The delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in at least two counties in the greater Sacramento region. Health experts say the delta variant is much more contagious than the strain that forced statewide shutdowns for much of the past year. KCRA 3 confirmed with El Dorado County officials that someone from Diamond Springs tested positive for the delta variant on June 2. It is one of the first known cases of the infectious strain to be found in the foothills.”It makes me nervous,” said resident Joanna Baker, who lost several family members to COVID-19. “We’re all going maskless now. We’re all, living life again, which is great, but I think it’s a little easier for to spread now.” But not everyone in town agreed. “I think we’re being manipulated,” said Frank Johnson, who is vaccinated because of his age, but has no plans to change his day-to-day life. “Third or half the people don’t wear masks anyways. Up here in the foothills, it was more casual I think.”As of Thursday morning, data from the El Dorado County public health dashboard showed that just over half of residents have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As far as confirmed cases, 51% of those stemmed from people between 18-49. A spokeswoman for the county said the person who tested positive for the Delta variant has not responded to contact tracing efforts. The county also did not know the person’s current state of health or vaccination status. Local health officials have no plans to change the masking requirements at this time and are continuing to ask people to follow the rules laid down by the state.KCRA 3 learned Thursday there are 67 cases of the delta variant in Sacramento County. “It is possible to get sick with the delta variant even if you are vaccinated,” said Jamie White, Sacramento County Public Health epidemiology program manager. ” it is much less likely that you’ll get sick if you’re vaccinated than if you’re not vaccinated.”County representatives say the county is continuing to follow state guidelines and has no plans as of now to introduce new rules around social distancing or face mask-wearing just yet.
PLACERVILLE, Calif. —
The delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in at least two counties in the greater Sacramento region.
Health experts say the delta variant is much more contagious than the strain that forced statewide shutdowns for much of the past year.
KCRA 3 confirmed with El Dorado County officials that someone from Diamond Springs tested positive for the delta variant on June 2. It is one of the first known cases of the infectious strain to be found in the foothills.
“It makes me nervous,” said resident Joanna Baker, who lost several family members to COVID-19. “We’re all going maskless now. We’re all, living life again, which is great, but I think it’s a little easier for [COVID] to spread now.”
But not everyone in town agreed.
“I think we’re being manipulated,” said Frank Johnson, who is vaccinated because of his age, but has no plans to change his day-to-day life. “Third or half the people don’t wear masks anyways. Up here in the foothills, it was more casual I think.”
As of Thursday morning, data from the El Dorado County public health dashboard showed that just over half of residents have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As far as confirmed cases, 51% of those stemmed from people between 18-49.
A spokeswoman for the county said the person who tested positive for the Delta variant has not responded to contact tracing efforts. The county also did not know the person’s current state of health or vaccination status. Local health officials have no plans to change the masking requirements at this time and are continuing to ask people to follow the rules laid down by the state.
KCRA 3 learned Thursday there are 67 cases of the delta variant in Sacramento County.
“It is possible to get sick with the delta variant even if you are vaccinated,” said Jamie White, Sacramento County Public Health epidemiology program manager. “[But] it is much less likely that you’ll get sick if you’re vaccinated than if you’re not vaccinated.”
County representatives say the county is continuing to follow state guidelines and has no plans as of now to introduce new rules around social distancing or face mask-wearing just yet.
San Joaquin County moves into California’s red tier; El Dorado joins more counties in orange
TEO: HAS COVID CASES LEVEL OFF IN CALIFORNIA, MORE COUNTIES ARE MOVING TO LESS RESTRICTIVE TEARS. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MOVING FROM THE MOST RESTRICTED PURPLE TEAR TO THE RED TIER. DINING AND MOVIE THEATERS CAN REOPEN A 25% CAPACITY, OR UP TO 1500 PEOPLE. GYMS CAN OPEN INDOORS AT 10%. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IS MOVING TO THE ORANGE TIER. THAT IS THE ONLY MOVEMENT IN THE AREA. THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNTIES AND OTHER PARTS OF
San Joaquin County moves into California’s red tier; El Dorado joins more counties in orange
San Joaquin County is moving out of the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 purple tier into red, clearing the way for indoor operations to resume, with modifications, for businesses that include restaurants, gyms, museums, and movie theaters.The move will also expand maximum capacity for things like retail and shopping malls from 25% to 50% and open up food courts.California officials also announced Tuesday that Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Imperial, Mendocino, Monterey, Riverside, Napa, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura counties are moving into the orange, or moderate, tier of COVID-19 restrictions, which will increase the numbers of those allowed indoors at museums, places of worship, gyms and other places. Retail will no longer have capacity restrictions.The new tier assignments take effect on Wednesday. | Related| What’s allowed under California’s tier systemSierra and Alpine counties remain in the state’s lesser yellow tier for minimal COVID-19 restrictions. Merced and Inyo counties are the only counties stuck in the purple tier for widespread COVID-19 cases. Now that 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in 400-plus ZIP codes considered most vulnerable, California is making it easier for counties to move through the tiers by altering the case rate range for the tiers.The purple tier threshold will remain at greater than 10 cases per 100,000. The red (substantial) tier case rate range will narrow to 6 to 10 cases per 100,000 and the orange tier case rate range will shift to 2 to 5.9 cases per 100,0000. The yellow tier case rate range will shift to less than 2 cases per 100,000. The latest announcement comes as California on Tuesday announced a target date for fully reopening the economy under a new system as more Californians get COVID-19 vaccines and hospitalization rates continue to decline.The entire state will move into this phase June 15 if two criteria are met: If vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who want the vaccine, and if hospitalization rates are stable and low.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
San Joaquin County is moving out of the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 purple tier into red, clearing the way for indoor operations to resume, with modifications, for businesses that include restaurants, gyms, museums, and movie theaters.
The move will also expand maximum capacity for things like retail and shopping malls from 25% to 50% and open up food courts.
California officials also announced Tuesday that Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Imperial, Mendocino, Monterey, Riverside, Napa, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura counties are moving into the orange, or moderate, tier of COVID-19 restrictions, which will increase the numbers of those allowed indoors at museums, places of worship, gyms and other places. Retail will no longer have capacity restrictions.
The new tier assignments take effect on Wednesday.
| Related| What’s allowed under California’s tier system
Sierra and Alpine counties remain in the state’s lesser yellow tier for minimal COVID-19 restrictions.
Merced and Inyo counties are the only counties stuck in the purple tier for widespread COVID-19 cases.
Now that 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in 400-plus ZIP codes considered most vulnerable, California is making it easier for counties to move through the tiers by altering the case rate range for the tiers.
The purple tier threshold will remain at greater than 10 cases per 100,000. The red (substantial) tier case rate range will narrow to 6 to 10 cases per 100,000 and the orange tier case rate range will shift to 2 to 5.9 cases per 100,0000. The yellow tier case rate range will shift to less than 2 cases per 100,000.
The latest announcement comes as California on Tuesday announced a target date for fully reopening the economy under a new system as more Californians get COVID-19 vaccines and hospitalization rates continue to decline.
The entire state will move into this phase June 15 if two criteria are met: If vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who want the vaccine, and if hospitalization rates are stable and low.
El Dorado County lays out COVID-19 vaccine supply issue
AND AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THE GUIDELINES FOR WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO GET THEIR SHOT IS DIFFERENT FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO STAYING UP TO DATE ON THIS EVERY DAY. LISA KCRA’S VICKI GONZALEZ HAS : BEEN REACHING OUT TO SURROUNDING COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO GET THEIR SHOTS. SHE’S HELPING US GET THE FACTS TODAY, AND CLEARS UP SOME MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ONLINE. BRITTANY: THERE IS A LOT TO GO THROUGH. WE’RE GOING TO START OFF IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, THEY SAID AND EMAIL CLEARING UP CONFUSION AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS INDICATED TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS WERE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. PUBLIC HEALTH SAID THIS IS UNTRUE. IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY THE ONLY SUBGROUPS WITHIN THE PHASE 1B SUBGROUPS ELIGIBLE ARE THOSE 65-AND-OLDER AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN AN EXCERPT OF AN EMAIL SENT LATE LAST NIGHT SACRAMENTO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPLAINED, PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN SHARING VACCINATION REGISTRATION LINKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ATTEMPTING TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE, WHICH DELAYS OUR ABILITY TO VACCINATE PRIORITY GROUPS SUCH AS SENIORS. ADDING, WE ASSURE YOU THAT WHEN K-12 SCHOOL STAFF BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT IT FROM US, NOT FACEBOOK OR NEXT DOOR. I REACHED OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TEACHERS UNIONS TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY. THROUGH THEIR EXPLANATION, THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED, BUT THEY QUALIFY FOR ANOTHER ELIGIBILITY TEAR. THEY COULD BE 65 AND OLDER, THEY COULD BE A CARETAKER FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AND THAT CLEARS UP A LITTLE CONFUSION. WE WILL HEAD TO YOLO COUNTY ALLOWING VOLUNTEERS WHO VOLUNTEER COVID-19 CLINICS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE. IN YOLO COUNTY, THEY ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE 75 AND OLDER FOR VACCINES DUE TO SUPPLY ISSUES. VOLUNTEERS AT THE VACCINE CLINICS ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET A VACCINE. YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPLAINS THAT THESE VOLUNTEERS AT THESE COVID-19 VACCINE CLINICS ARE CONSIDERED HEALTH-CARE WORKERS ANY TO VOLUNTEER FOR A MANDATORY OF TWO CLINICS TO BECOME ELIGIBLE. IT IS ACROSS THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO A SUPPLY ISSUE. IN EL DORADO COUNTY THEY ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE 75 AND OLDER FOR VACCINES DUE TO THAT SUPPLY ISSUE, ADDING APPOINTMENTS ALREADY BOOKED AND SCHEDULED THROUGH MID FEBRUARY. THEY WILL OPEN UP MORE APPOINTMENT SLOTS AS VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE. FINALLY PLACER COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH’S ELIGBILITY GOES BEYOND SURROUNDING COUNTIE AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. CURRENTLY THOSE IN ALL TIERS OF PHASE 1B ARE ELIGIBLE. THAT INCLUDES THOSE 65-AND-OLDER. BUT ALSO EDUCATORS CHILDCARE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. AS LONG AS THEY ARE EMPLOYED THROUGH THE COUNTY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE A LOT TO SORT THROUGH. AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE VARIES FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO ONE COUNTY TO THE NEXT. BUT OVERARCHING ISSUE ISN’T ELIGIBILITY BUT AVAILABILITY. THEY ARE ONLY ABLE TO VACCINATE AS SUPPLY ALLO
El Dorado County lays out COVID-19 vaccine supply issue
The problem isn’t eligibility, it’s vaccine availability
El Dorado County laid out an issue plaguing counties and providers across the state: The issue of vaccination isn’t a problem of eligibility, but availability. In an email to KCRA 3, the county explains it is following the state’s eligibility framework. However, they are prioritizing those 75 and older in Phase 1A and Phase 1B Tier 1, which includes health care workers, those in assisted living centers, dental and pharmacy staff, educators, childcare, emergency responders and those in food and agriculture. | MORE | Click here to see where El Dorado County stands on its vaccination progression“Our two public health offices and Safeway pharmacy appointments are scheduled full through mid-February. We won’t open up new appointment slots unless (we) have vaccine to administer,” the county explained in a statement to KCRA3. The county detailed the vaccine gap. There are roughly 41,000 El Dorado County residents 65 and older. However, the average number of vaccine doses allocated to the county weekly is 2,783. The county added that planned vaccination clinics have the capacity for thousands more. “Again, not an administration issue (we have more than enough people & places to do the actual vaccination), not a demand issue (we have a wait list of 22,000 who signed up for “surplus” doses should they become available), we have a supply problem,” the email says.| RELATED | California COVID-19 vaccine tracker: See where, how many doses have been administered
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. —
El Dorado County laid out an issue plaguing counties and providers across the state: The issue of vaccination isn’t a problem of eligibility, but availability.
In an email to KCRA 3, the county explains it is following the state’s eligibility framework. However, they are prioritizing those 75 and older in Phase 1A and Phase 1B Tier 1, which includes health care workers, those in assisted living centers, dental and pharmacy staff, educators, childcare, emergency responders and those in food and agriculture.
| MORE | Click here to see where El Dorado County stands on its vaccination progression
“Our two public health offices and Safeway pharmacy appointments are scheduled full through mid-February. We won’t open up new appointment slots unless (we) have vaccine to administer,” the county explained in a statement to KCRA3.
The county detailed the vaccine gap. There are roughly 41,000 El Dorado County residents 65 and older. However, the average number of vaccine doses allocated to the county weekly is 2,783. The county added that planned vaccination clinics have the capacity for thousands more.
“Again, not an administration issue (we have more than enough people & places to do the actual vaccination), not a demand issue (we have a wait list of 22,000 who signed up for “surplus” doses should they become available), we have a supply problem,” the email says.
| RELATED | California COVID-19 vaccine tracker: See where, how many doses have been administered