By Roger Straw, Monday, May 10, 2021

Solano reports 112 new cases over the weekend, but only 3 hospitalized since early April.  But remember: People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems

Solano County COVID report on Monday, May 10.

[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]

Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

On May 10, Solano County reported 112 new COVID cases, 37 per day.  We saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day.  In the first 7 days of May, Solano reported 275 new cases, an average of 39 per day.  Reports are that Solano will not be joining all other Bay Area counties in opening to less restrictive tiers anytime soon.  Solano’s Active cases fell today from 319 to 297.  Our percent positivity rate remained steady at 7.6%.  We have not seen rates this high since Feb. 22.

Cases among children and youth have increased alarmingly

Percent of today’s new cases, age groups, May 10, 2021
New Cases 0-17 years	New Cases 18-49 years	New Cases 50-64 years	New Cases 65+ years	TOTAL New Cases Today
17	75	17	3	112
15%	67%	15%	3%	100%

Compare TODAY (above) with percentages since LAST SUMMER (below).  Note especially children and youth 0-17 years and young adults age 18-49:

Percent of  ALL CASES SINCE JUNE 2020, age groups as of May 7, 2021
Date	Cases % 0-17	Cases % 18-49	Cases % 50-64	Cases % 65+
6/5/20	5.8%	45.2%	25.6%	23.3%
7/1/20	9.0%	57.5%	20.1%	13.4%
8/31/20	11.0%	60.6%	19.2%	9.2%
5/10/21	12.2%	55.4%	20.5%	11.8%

Hospitalizations – very little information…

The Solano County COVID dashboard Summary tab only shows active hospitalizations for the current day (13 today – the County’s lowest number since June 19, 2020).  This number represents the total currently hospitalized after yesterday’s admissions and discharges.  Little can be learned from this about the accumulated total of hospitalizations since the outbreak began.

But on the Demographics tab of the County dashboard, the County “occasionally” updates the accumulated total of hospitalizations by age group.  These numbers had not been updated since early April, but were updated today.  Today the County reported only 3 new hospitalizations since early April, 1 person age 18-49 and 2 persons age 65+.   Looks like hospitalizations are dramatically DOWN.  We’ll keep an eye on this for more “occasional” updates.

Solano County Total COVID Hospitalizations by AGE GROUPS as of May 10
Hospitalizations Age 0-17	Hospitalizations Age 18-49	Hospitalizations Age 50-64	Hospitalizations Age 65+
26	324 (adding 1)	331	593 (adding 2)

>> The virus is still on the move here.  Stay safe, get vaccinated, wear a mask and social distance!  We will get through this together.

Cases by City on Monday, May 10:

• Benicia added 2 new case over the weekend, total of 978 cases since the outbreak began.  Benicia averaged 2 cases/day in April.
• Dixon added 9 new cases today, total of 1,891 cases.
• Fairfield added 42 new cases today, total of 8,932 cases.
• Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 370 cases.
• Suisun City added 9 new cases today, total of 2,252 cases.
• Vacaville added 28 new cases today, total of 8,585 cases.
• Vallejo added 22 new cases today, total of 9,753 cases.
• Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Friday, May 7: