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Coronavirus in Benicia, CA: Solano County COVID-19 report (April 15)


Wednesday, April 15: only one new case! No new deaths, total now 141 cases, 2 deaths:

Solano County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates and Resources.  Check out basic information in this screenshot.  IMPORTANT: The County’s interactive page has more.  On the County website, you can click on “Number of cases” and then hover over the charts for detailed information.

Last report (Tuesday, April 14):

Summary:

Solano County reported ONLY 1 NEW POSITIVE CASE today – total is now 141.  No new deaths in Solano County – still 2.

As of today:

    • No additional positive cases of young persons under 19 years of age, total of 2.
    • Today’s new case was a person 19-64 years of age, total of 112 cases, 79%, of the 141 total (no new deaths, total of 1).
    • No additional cases were persons 65 or older, total of 27 cases, 19% of the 140 total (including 1 death)

ACTIVE CASES:  Only 24 of the 141 are active cases. This is 5 less than previously reported yesterday – good news!

HOSPITALIZATIONS: The County’s “Hospital Impact” graph (below) is significant. While 39 of the 141 cases resulted in hospitalizations, only 16 are currently hospitalized – but this is 2 more than yesterday.  Good news: the County continues to estimate that our supply of ICU beds and ventilators is GOOD.  (No information is given on our supply of PPE and staff.)

CITY DATA: Vallejo remains at 53 cases; Fairfield added 1 new case, total of 35; and Vacaville remains at 24 cases.  One of our smaller cities graduated from the vague <10 category: Suisun City is now showing 10 confirmed cases.  Benicia, Dixon, Rio Vista and “Unincorporated” are still not assigned numerical data: all show <10 (less than 10).  Residents and city officials have been pressuring County officials for city case counts for many weeks.  Today’s data is welcome, but incomplete.

The Number of residents tested panel reports that 2,015 residents have been tested as of today.  This is an increase of only 93 over yesterday’s total of 1,922.  Approximately 4 tenths of 1% of Solano County’s 447,643 residents (2019) have been tested.

The blue bars in the chart, “Daily number of cases on the date that specimens were collected” shows why the County is interpreting a flattening of the curve.  Note that the daily date in that chart refers to the date a sample was drawn and so reflects the lag time in testing.

Solano’s slowing upward curve in cumulative cases – as of April 15

The chart above gives a clear picture of the infection’s trajectory in Solano County.  Our COVID-19 curve continues may be slowing!

But it remains incredibly important that everyone – please! – stay home and be safe!

COVID-19 in Solano County – 5 new cases on April 14, no new deaths


Tuesday, April 14: five new cases, no new deaths, total now 140 cases, 2 deaths:

Solano County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates and Resources.  Check out basic information in this screenshot.  IMPORTANT: The County’s interactive page has more.  On the County website, you can click on “Number of cases” and then hover over the charts for detailed information.

Last report (Monday, April 13):

Summary:

Solano County reported 5 NEW POSITIVE CASES today – total is now 140.  No new deaths in Solano County – still stands at 2.

As of today:

    • No additional positive cases of young persons under 19 years of age, total of 2.
    • All 5 of today’s new cases were persons 19-64 years of age, total of 111 cases, 79%, of the 140 total (no new deaths, total of 1).
    • No additional cases were persons 65 or older, total of 27 cases, 19% of the 140 total (including 1 death)

ACTIVE CASES:  Only 29 of the 140 are active cases. But this is 4 more than previously reported yesterday.

HOSPITALIZATIONS: In today’s report, the County shows an excellent new “Hospital Impact” graph (below). While 36 of the 140 cases resulted in hospitalizations, only 14 are currently hospitalized.  More good news: the County estimates that our supply of ICU beds and ventilators is GOOD.  (No information is given on our supply of PPE and staff.)

CITY DATA: Vallejo added 3 new cases, total of 53; Fairfield added no new cases, total of 34; and Vacaville added no new cases, total of 24.  Smaller cities are still not assigned numerical data: all show <10 (less than 10).  NOTE that the county’s 3 major cities account for only 3 of today’s 5 new cases, so 2 of today’s new cases must have come from our four smaller cities or unincorporated areasResidents and city officials have been pressuring County officials for city case counts for many weeks.  Today’s data is welcome, but incomplete.

The Number of residents tested panel reports that 1,922 residents have been tested as of today.  This is an increase of only 67 over yesterday’s total of 1,855.  As of today, approximately 4 tenths of 1% of Solano County’s 447,643 residents (2019) have been tested.

The blue bars in the chart, “Daily number of cases on the date that specimens were collected” shows why the County is interpreting a flattening of the curve.  Note that the daily date in that chart refers to the date a sample was drawn and so reflects the lag time in testing.

Solano’s upward curve in cumulative cases – as of April 14

The chart above gives a clear picture of the infection’s trajectory in Solano County.  Our COVID-19 curve continues on its uphill climb!

Everyone stay home and be safe!

Bay Area COVID-19 information source: SF Chronicle’s CORONAVIRUS TRACKER

[BenIndy Editor: The San Francisco Chronicle’s excellent Coronavirus Tracker is jam-packed with good information.  The interactive parts of the Tracker don’t work here – some of the links work, but you have to go to the Tracker to see data when you hover over various parts or otherwise interact with the page.  – R.S.]

Coronavirus Tracker

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The Chronicle is mapping every reported coronavirus case in the Bay Area, California and the U.S. We are tallying the number of tests performed in California and new confirmed cases and deaths reported across the state by day.
California cases are organized by reporting county. Cases are based on reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Department of Public Health and county public health departments, plus exclusive Chronicle reporting. For more information on the data, please read about our methodology.

What are the latest developments?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will outline a plan on Tuesday for gradually loosening the stay-at-home orders, a plan that will use “science to guide our decision-making, not political pressure.” Newsom recently said the shutdown could last longer than the early May target that President Trump was hoping for in an effort to jumpstart the economy. Earlier Monday, Trump tweeted that the decision to reopen businesses would be his alone, but Newsom, who issued the original orders in California, clearly does not agree. In other news out of Washington, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during a news briefing that more than 80 million Americans are expected to receive direct deposit payments by Wednesday as part of the COVID-19 relief program.

Latest headlines: Complaint filed over nursing home death; illegal nightclub used janitorial company as a front; and San Francisco program bonds young and old during shutdown

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Snapshot of cases in the Bay Area by county

SOURCES: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Department of Public Health and county public health departments, exclusive Chronicle reporting

Bay Area cases by city or region

Some Bay Area county health departments are now providing details on where people who have tested positive reside, either by region, city or jurisdiction. Use the drop down to search counties (more will be added if data becomes available).

Is shelter in place working?

There are hopeful signs. Though the case counts keep climbing, they’re not rising so fast as to suggest the regional outbreak is out of control, as it is in New York. The death toll in the Bay Area is mounting, and while that’s sobering news, it’s not increasing faster than anticipated. It’s too early to say whether the regional outbreak will mushroom into the kind of crisis striking New York. Public health authorities warn it may be many more weeks before they can say that sheltering in place saved the Bay Area and the state.

New confirmed cases in California, by day

Sources: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and county public health departments, Chronicle reporting. Some counties do not provide daily updates which, combined with daily variances in the number of tests given, could result in randomly higher or lower counts for daily reported cases.
Sources: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and county public health departments, Chronicle reporting. Note: A Santa Clara County death that had been reported on Feb. 29 has been moved to March 9 due to a shift in how deaths are tracked.

Do we know how many people have been hospitalized?

The most reliable marker of the outbreak is the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, infectious disease experts say. Those numbers have been rising steadily since March 26 when the California Department of Public Health started reporting statewide counts for the number of people hospitalized and in intensive care units due to the virus. Tracking the number of patients is important because a major goal of sheltering in place is to reduce the spread of the illness and ease the burden on hospitals. Gov. Gavin Newsom has cited the rising ICU numbers as especially troubling in his daily coronavirus briefings.

What are the key data points for understanding the severity of the pandemic?

Reports of people who test positive for the coronavirus are not very reliable markers of the actual spread of disease or the severity of illness in a community because ongoing testing shortages mean most people who are infected are never tested. There are also lags in data being reported, due to long waits — sometimes up to a week — to get results from tests and the frequency with which counties report. Other important signals include the number of people hospitalized, how many people have died and how many people in the community have symptoms. More than 23,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.

Why are so few people being tested?

Testing has proved a major hurdle, with missteps at federal and state levels hampering the process along the way. California has tested far fewer people per capita than other states, including New York. As testing increases so will the case counts in the Bay Area and the rest of the state. But infectious disease experts say that even as testing becomes more widespread, the counts ultimately should be a good marker of when the outbreak is starting to slow down. Also, quicker tests will be rolled out on a limited basis in the Bay Area.

Source: The COVID Tracking Project. Tests are reported by the California Department of Health and are approximate.

How does California compare to the rest of the nation?

In the Bay Area, the pace of growth over the past month suggests that this region is doing better than other places. New cases have been roughly tripling every week for the past three weeks. In New York, the new cases have been doubling or tripling every few days.

* 152 cases without available location data not mapped. Sources: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Census Bureau U.S. reports of COVID-19 are tabulated by Johns Hopkins, which is tracking cases using data collected from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local public health departments. Numbers from Johns Hopkins for California may not match the numbers from the top map, which are being compiled by The Chronicle using county reports, county public health departments and Chronicle reporting.

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COVID-19 in Solano County – 14 new cases over the weekend, 1855 tested


Monday, April 13: fourteen new cases no new deaths, total now 135 cases, 2 deaths:

Solano County Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates and Resources.  Check out basic information in this screenshot. IMPORTANT: The County’s interactive page has more.  On the County website, you can click on “Number of cases” and then hover over the charts for detailed information.

Last report (Friday, April 10):

Summary:

Solano County reported 14 NEW POSITIVE CASES over the weekend and today – total is now 135.  No new deaths in Solano County – still stands at 2.

Over the weekend:

    • 5 new cases were reported on Saturday 4/11
    • 4 new cases were reported on Sunday 4/12
    • 5 new cases were reported today, Monday 4/13

As of today:

    • 1 additional positive case was a young person under 19 years of age, total of 2.
    • 13 additional cases were persons 19-64 years of age, total of 106 cases, 79%, of the 135 total (no new deaths, total of 1).
    • No additional cases were persons 65 or older, total of 27 cases, 20% of the 135 total (including 1 death)

ACTIVE CASES:  Only 25 of the 135 are active cases. This is 8 fewer than previously reported on Friday, 4/10. On that day, 6 fewer than the previous day were classed as active.  Taken together would seem to be a dramatic reduction.  Good news!

HOSPITALIZATIONS: 36 of the cases have resulted in hospitalizations (2 more than previously reported on 4/10).

CITY DATA: Vallejo added 6 new cases, total of 50; Fairfield added 1 case, total of 34; and Vacaville added 3 new case, total of 24.  Smaller cities are still not assigned numerical data: all show <10 (less than 10).  NOTE that the county’s 3 major cities account for only 10 of today’s 13 new cases, so 3 of today’s new cases must have come from our four smaller cities or unincorporated areasResidents and city officials have been pressuring County officials for city case counts for many weeks.  Today’s data is welcome, but incomplete.

A new NUMBER OF RESIDENTS TESTED panel was added to today’s report.  1,855 residents have been tested as of today, approximately 4 tenths of 1% of Solano County’s population of 447,643 (2019).

The blue bars in the chart, “Daily number of cases on the date that specimens were collected” shows why the County is interpreting a flattening of the curve.  Note that the daily date in that chart refers to the date a sample was drawn and so reflects the lag time in testing.

 

Solano’s upward curve in cumulative cases – as of April 13

The chart above gives a clear picture of the infection’s trajectory in Solano County.  Our COVID-19 curve continues on its uphill climb!

Everyone stay home and be safe!