UPDATE on Monday July 13 – Well, maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe this Alert worked!  As of this evening, the County is now – finally – reporting percent positive test rates on its daily COVID-19 dashboard.  See today’s BenIndy report for details. – Roger Straw

Percent Positive Test Rates – 17 days and counting

By Roger Straw, July 12, 2020

Increasingly, national, state and county news reports are focusing on percent positive test rates.  Five Bay Area counties report daily on their seven-day average percent positive test rate, but Solano County does not.

This information is immediately important, as positive test rates in California and other southwestern states are increasing.

I wrote to Solano County Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas on June 24 asking for information as to Solano County’s “percent positive test rate.”  He replied next day with thanks and wrote, “We are actively working to include these values on our County dashboard.  I hope we can begin to report on them sometime next week.”

That was 17 DAYS AGO.  I wrote again on June 29 thanking him and asking for the information as a “seven-day moving average.”  After two weeks had passed and hearing nothing, I wrote again on July 9 to remind him, with no response to date.

A reader wrote to me today, asking me to renew this request daily here on the Benicia Independent, as the information is so incredibly important, and the public needs to know.

I think that might be a good idea!

Dr. Matyas:    It has been 17 DAYS… and we are still waiting.  Hopefully tomorrow?

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Dr. Matyas can be reached at the Solano County Public Health Administration

Solano Public Health Administration
275 Beck Avenue
Fairfield, CA 94533
Main Line: (707) 784-8600
Fax: (707) 421-6618

For Urgent Questions or Concerns
Solano Public Health Main Line – Call the Solano Public Health Main Line at 707-784-8600 for questions or concerns about a public health-related issue.
Communicable Disease Main Line (24/7 Line) – For questions or concerns about communicable diseases, call (707) 784-8001.
Please use this phone number when reporting a health emergency to Solano Public Health.

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Solano County Supervisors:

District 1 covers, essentially, the part of Vallejo that lies between Georgia Street and the Napa County line. It also includes the Napa marshes to the west and Hiddenbrooke. Map.

Supervisor Erin Hannigan
Phone: (707) 553-5363
Fax: (707) 784-6665
ehannigan@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

Michael Wilson
District Representative for Supervisor Hannigan
Phone: (707) 553-5363
Fax: (707) 784-6665
mlwilson@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

Josette Lacey
District Representative for Supervisor Hannigan
Phone: (707) 553-5363
Fax: (707) 784-6665
jmlacey@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

 

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District 2 includes Benicia, approximately half of Vallejo (area south of Tennessee Street to Oakwood Street and south of Georgia Street as well as the waterfront including Mare Island), the Cordelia and Green Valley area of Fairfield, almost all of the Suisun Marsh and the unincorporated areas of Green Valley and Home Acres. Map.

Supervisor Monica Brown
Phone: (707) 784-3031
Fax: (707) 784-6665
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352
MEBrown@solanocounty.com

Liat Meitzenheimer
District Representative for Supervisor Brown
Phone: (707) 784-3004
Fax: (707) 784-6665
lfmeitzenheimer@solanocounty.com 
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

Stephen Hallett
District Representative for Supervisor Brown
Phone: (707) 784-2974
Fax: (707) 784-6665
SLHallett@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

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District 3 , area west of I-680 and Green Valley (not Old Town Cordelia which is in District 2), includes most of Fairfield, about half of Suisun City, all of Tolenas and Suisun Valley, and Travis Air Force Base south of Travis Avenue. I-80 and Air Base Parkway form the major divider through Fairfield, with the northeast part of Fairfield in District 5. Suisun City south of Prosperity Lane and east of Emperor Drive is in District 5. Map

Supervisor Jim Spering
Phone: (707) 784-6136
Fax: (707) 784-6665
jpspering@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6352

Catherine M. Cook
District Representative for Supervisor Spering
Phone: (707) 784-6418
Fax: (707) 784-6665
cmcook@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

Dee Dee Barrett
District Representative for Supervisor Spering
Phone: (707) 784-3006
Fax: (707) 784-6665
dmbarrett@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

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District 4 includes Vacaville west of Peabody Road up to Marshall Drive, north of Marshall Drive to Nut Tree Road and then west of Interstate 80 to the Yolo County line, Dixon and the unincorporated area north of Midway to the Yolo County line. Map.

Supervisor John Vasquez
Phone: (707) 784-6129
Fax: (707) 784-6665
jmvasquez@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

Jennifer Hamilton
District Representative for Supervisor Vasquez
Phone: (707) 784-3034 and (707) 784-6128
jlhamilton@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

Ryan Chalk
District Representative for Supervisor Vasquez
Phone: (707) 784-3034 and (707) 784-6128
rlchalk@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

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District 5 , includes the eastern section of Suisun City, south of Prosperity Lane and east of Emperor Drive to Highway 12, including Pintail Drive; the eastern part of Vacaville, including most of the 95687 area east of Peabody Road, south of Marshall Drive and east of Nut Tree Road to Interstate 80; north of Air Base Parkway in Fairfield; and south of Midway Road to include Rio Vista and the Elmira area. Map.

Supervisor Skip Thomson
Phone: (707) 784-6130
Fax: (707) 784-6665
sthomson@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

Alexandra Winston
District Representative for Supervisor Thomson
Phone: (707) 784-6131
Fax: (707) 784-6665
AWinston@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342

Judi Booe
District Representative for Supervisor Thomson
Phone: (707) 784-6131
Fax: (707) 784-6665
jsbooe@solanocounty.com
675 Texas Street, Suite 6500
Fairfield, CA 94533-6342