Category Archives: Re-opening

Solano COVID numbers continue to rise. NEW REPORT: cases as percent of city population


By Roger Straw, Friday, June 18, 2021

Solano County reported 34 new COVID infections today, case numbers rising.
New today: cases as a percentage of city population.

People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems.  And: More than 70% of COVID-19 patients studied report having at least one “long haul” symptom that lasts for months.”  It’s not over yet!

Solano County COVID report on Friday, June 18.
[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]
Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

Solano County reported  34 new COVID cases overnight.
Monthly: Solano County saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day.  In May, Solano reported 920 new cases, an average of 30 per day.  So far in June, 414 new cases in Solano, an average of 21 new infections each day.  New cases over the last 4 days increasing: 11 new cases on Tuesday, then 15, 22, and today 34.  COVID is still out there – TAKE CARE!

Solano County reported no new deaths today.  The County total is 244 deaths since the pandemic began.

Solano’s 156 active cases today are up from yesterday’s 145.  Our percent positivity rate rose today from 4.8% to 5.1%.

Cases by City on Friday, June 18:

  • Benicia added 3 new cases today, a total of 1,015 cases since the outbreak began, or 3.7% of Benicia population of 27,570.
  • Dixon added 1 new case today, total of 1,932 cases, 9.8% of its population of 19,794.
  • Fairfield added 6 new cases today, total of 9,153 cases, 7.8% of its population of 117,149.
  • Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 394 cases, 4.2% of its population of 9,416.
  • Suisun City added 1 new case today, total of 2,304 cases, 7.8% of its population of 29,447.
  • Vacaville added 10 new cases today, a total of 8,858 cases, 9.0% its of population of 98,807.
  • Vallejo added 13 new cases today, total of 9,948 cases, 8.3% of its population of 119,544.
  • Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases (population figures not available).
JUNE 15 RE-OPENING IN SOLANO COUNTY
Solano County Public Health, June 15, 2021

See latest info on California’s COVID web page.  See also the new Solano County Public Health Coronavirus Resources and Updates page(Click on the image at right to go directly to the new page, or click on various links below to access the 10 subsections on the County’s new page.)

Solano County Guidance (posted June 15, 2021)

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Thursday, June 17:


The data on this page is from today’s and the previous Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated weekdays around 4 or 5pm.  On the County’s dashboard, you can hover a mouse or click on an item for more information.  Note the tabs at top for SummaryDemographics and Vaccines.  Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.


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COVID: What will California’s vaccine verification system look like

California businesses will be able to require vaccine verification

Vallejo Times-Herald, by Emily Deruy & Solomon Moore, June 18, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Newsom outlined the state’s ongoing support for restaurants and bars as California fully reopens the economy this month. (Jane Tyska — Bay Area News Group)
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Newsom outlined the state’s ongoing support for restaurants and bars as California fully reopens the economy this month. (Jane Tyska — Bay Area News Group)

Don’t call it a “vaccine passport,” Gov. Gavin Newsom insists. But California is poised to roll out some sort of electronic vaccine verification system to help residents show businesses and others that they are inoculated against the coronavirus.

Promising more details in the coming days, Newsom earlier this week touted that the state is working on a digital version of the official paper immunization cards that people received when they got their shots. How the system will work, who will have access to it, and when it will launch are among the critical questions that the governor’s office did not respond to Wednesday.

But the growing anticipation comes as dozens of competing efforts for everything from personalized apps to unique registries are stirring up confusion and privacy concerns as California sheds its pandemic restrictions and fully reopens this week.

While details remain scarce about how the state’s vaccine verification system will fit in, a couple of things are clear.

For one, people won’t be required to use the system, Newsom said. But if you want to, say, attend a concert or book a flight, businesses will be able to require verification in the same way they can continue to require masks even though the state, with a few exceptions, no longer mandates them.

“Businesses have freedom of choice across the spectrum,” Newsom said Monday.

California would not be the first to unveil a statewide verification system. In March, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched the Excelsior Pass, a digital pass developed with the help of IBM that lets residents share their vaccination status or COVID-19 test results. Businesses can verify the information but don’t have access to personal health data.

Advocates of vaccine passports and verification systems say they can help residents and businesses get back to normal safely. They could ease access to concerts, baseball games, university campuses and other places where vaccination status matters.

“I think it makes sense on every level,” said John Swartzberg, an infectious disease expert and professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, who has been consulting with businesses.

“They would very much like to use a vaccine passport, but they don’t want to make the decision to do it,” Swartzberg said, acknowledging that the issue “is a political hot potato for them.”

Opponents of vaccine passports and verification systems have raised privacy and discrimination concerns. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order banning the use of vaccine passports, and Texas has also banned state agencies and organizations that receive public money from requiring people to prove they’ve been jabbed.

The federal government has said it will not create a nationwide system or passport, leaving states, local governments and the private sector to choose whether to tackle vaccine verification, with a number of options emerging.

ID2020, a San Francisco-based collaborative of international civil society organizations and multinational travel, financial and technology companies, has been seeking to link digital identities with vaccine distribution since its founding in September 2019, before the coronavirus hit. Earlier this month, the group published a white paper called the Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint that is intended to standardize the cacophony of vaccine credentialing systems being built across the planet.

The collaborative, whose supporters include Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, the Rockefeller Foundation, Deloitte and others, are advocating for systems that are digital, interoperable across platforms and jurisdictions, and secure. Other principles at the core of the effort include a commitment to making health passes consensual and flexible enough to accommodate a range of solutions, including mobile and secure physical documentation of vaccinations.

“We’ve seen more than 70 systems that have been proposed, globally,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of World Privacy Forum, an Oregon-based research organization. “I don’t know which system will win, but I do think that the International Air Transport Association system — which is the system that airlines are going to use — may win.”

But Dixon said she is concerned that the speed with which vaccine credential systems are being developed has precluded any transparent process for public involvement in their designs. Dixon also said she is concerned that any digital platforms for vaccine credentialing would put individuals’ privacy at risk because identities will be linked to health data or behaviors that could be exploited by unscrupulous companies and governments.

It’s unclear exactly which verification systems will be put to use where. But for now, in the current absence of a California-wide system, some residents have been showing their physical vaccination cards, photos of the cards or vaccine records on apps such as the CVS Pharmacy app to enter places such as the fully vaccinated sections at San Francisco Giants games at Oracle Park, nursing homes for visits and more. The cards are easy to damage or lose, though, and proponents of a vaccine verification system say the current situation needs to be improved.

“I think it’s unfortunate we don’t have more political leadership doing this,” Swartzberg said. “Ideally it’s an activity the state should take on.”

Solano County averaging 20 new COVID cases per day in June


By Roger Straw, Thursday, June 17, 2021

Solano County reported 22 new COVID infections today.  No new deaths.

People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems.  And: More than 70% of COVID-19 patients studied report having at least one “long haul” symptom that lasts for months.”  It’s not over yet!

Solano County COVID report on Thursday, June 17.
[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]
Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

Solano County reported  22 new COVID cases overnight.
Monthly: Solano County saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day.  In May, Solano reported 920 new cases, an average of 30 per day.  So far in June, Solano is averaging 20 per day.  It’s still out there – TAKE CARE!

Solano County reported no new deaths today.  The County total is 244 deaths since the pandemic began.

Solano’s 145 active cases today are up from yesterday’s 130.  Our percent positivity rate fell today from 5.1% to 4.8%.

Cases by City on Thursday, June 17:

  • Benicia added 2 new cases today, a total of 1,012 cases since the outbreak began, or 3% of our Benicia population of 27,570.
  • Dixon remained steady today, total of 1,931 cases.
  • Fairfield added 7 new cases today, total of 9,147 cases.
  • Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 394 cases.
  • Suisun City remained steady today, total of 2,303 cases.
  • Vacaville added 6 new cases today, a total of 8,848 cases.
  • Vallejo added 7 new cases today, total of 9,935 cases.
  • Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.
JUNE 15 RE-OPENING IN SOLANO COUNTY
Solano County Public Health, June 15, 2021

See latest info on California’s COVID web page.  See also the new Solano County Public Health Coronavirus Resources and Updates page(Click on the image at right to go directly to the new page, or click on various links below to access the 10 subsections on the County’s new page.)

Solano County Guidance (posted June 15, 2021)

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Wednesday, June 16:


The data on this page is from today’s and the previous Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated weekdays around 4 or 5pm.  On the County’s dashboard, you can hover a mouse or click on an item for more information.  Note the tabs at top for SummaryDemographics and Vaccines.  Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.


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Solano County reports three more Benicia residents have COVID-19, Benicia total is now 1,010


By Roger Straw, Wednesday, June 16, 2021

TODAY: Solano County reported 15 new infections today, including 3 Benicia residents. (Note only 2 from Vallejo, 3 from Fairfield, 3 from Vacaville).  No new deaths.

People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems.  And: More than 70% of COVID-19 patients studied report having at least one “long haul” symptom that lasts for months.”  It’s not over yet!

Solano County COVID report on Wednesday, June 16.
[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]
Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

Solano County reported  15 new COVID cases overnight.
Monthly: Solano County saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day.  In May, Solano reported 920 new cases, an average of 30 per day.  So far in June, Solano is averaging 20 per day.  It’s still out there – TAKE CARE!

Solano County reported no new deaths today.  The County total is 244 deaths since the pandemic began.

Solano’s 130 active cases today are up from yesterday’s 121.  Our percent positivity rate rose today from 4.8% to 5.1%.  Our positivity rate has risen slightly every day this week.

Cases by City on Wednesday, June 16:

  • Benicia added 3 new cases today, a total of 1,010 cases since the outbreak began, or 3% of our Benicia population of 27,570.
  • Dixon added 3 new cases today, total of 1,931 cases.
  • Fairfield added 3 new cases today, total of 9,140 cases.
  • Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 394 cases.
  • Suisun City added 1 new case today, total of 2,303 cases.
  • Vacaville added 3 new cases today, a total of 8,842 cases.
  • Vallejo added only 2 new cases today, total of 9,928 cases.
  • Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.
JUNE 15 RE-OPENING IN SOLANO COUNTY
Solano County Public Health, June 15, 2021

See latest info on California’s COVID web page.  See also the new Solano County Public Health Coronavirus Resources and Updates page(Click on the image at right to go directly to the new page, or click on various links below to access the 10 subsections on the County’s new page.)

Solano County Guidance (posted June 15, 2021)

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Tuesday, June 15:


The data on this page is from today’s and the previous Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated weekdays around 4 or 5pm.  On the County’s dashboard, you can hover a mouse or click on an item for more information.  Note the tabs at top for SummaryDemographics and Vaccines.  Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.


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