FAIRFIELD — Dr. Bela Matyas announced Tuesday that six positive tests of the highly transmissible delta strain of the novel coronavirus have been found in Solano County.
None of the six individuals has become particularly ill, Matyas emphasized, but he also noted that those individuals felt the need to come in to be checked.
“Nonetheless, it is spreading in the county,” said Matyas, who added that the county is testing every positive coronavirus result for that particular stain.
The details of the individuals – gender, ages and areas of residency – were not available. Nor did Matyas know whether any of the individuals had been vaccinated.
Matyas is on record as saying the best defense against the delta strain or any other coronavirus strain is to be vaccinated, and that the higher number of residents who get vaccinated, the lower the risk the virus can be spread.
The last county report shows 53% of residents 12 or older are fully vaccinated, and 65% of that population has received at least one shot…..
Solano County reported 35 new COVID cases over the previous 2 days, an average of 17.5 per day. 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, 504 new cases in Solano, an average of 22 new infections each day. 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 146 active cases today is up from Monday’s 142. Our percent positivity rate rose slightly today from 5.0% to 5.1%.
Cases by City on Wednesday, June 23:
Beniciaadded 4 new cases today, a total of 1,021 cases since the outbreak began, 3.7% of its population of 27,570.
Dixon remained steady today, total of 1,936 cases, 9.8% of its population of 19,794.
Fairfield added only 2 new cases today, total of 9,166 cases, 7.8% of its population of 117,149.
Rio Vista remained steady for the 12th day in a row today, total of 394 cases, 4.2% of its population of 9,416.
Suisun Cityadded 5 new cases today, total of 2,316 cases, 7.9% of its population of 29,447 (up today from 7.8%).
Vacaville added 8 new cases today, a total of 8,884 cases, 9.0% its of population of 98,807.
Vallejoadded 16 new cases today, total of 9,977 cases, 8.3% of its population of 119,544.
Unincorporated areasremained steady for the 47th day in a row today (no increase since May 8!), total of 103 cases (population figures not available).
RE-OPENING GUIDELINES IN SOLANO COUNTY
Solano Public Health
See latest info on California’s COVID web page. See also the Solano County Public Health Coronavirus Resources and Updates page. (Click on the image at right to go directly to the page, or click on various links below to access the 10 sections on the County’s page.)
COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County COVID Dashboard, Monday, June 21:
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 Summary, Demographics and Vaccines. Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.
UPDATE: At 4:40pm on Wednesday June 23, Dr. Bela Matyas, Solano County Public Health Officer wrote, “Beginning this week, we will be updating the dashboard three times weekly, and we have added that information to the disclaimer line.”
As of midnight Tuesday, Solano County had not updated its Coronavirus dashboard. [UPDATE: still no Tuesday update as of 9:30am Wednesday] The dashboard is always updated between 4pm and 6pm every weekday. I will continue my watch, but probably won’t post today’s report here on the Benicia Independent until tomorrow. – Roger Straw, The Benicia Independent
For the record, here is yesterday’s report:
Solano County adds 18 new COVID cases per day over the weekend, total of 55 of us newly infected
Solano County reported 55 new COVID cases over the 3-day weekend, an average of just over 18 per day. 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, 469 new cases in Solano, an average of 22 new infections each day. 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 142 active cases today are down from Friday’s 156. Our percent positivity rate fell slightly today from 5.1% to 5.0%.
Cases by City on Monday, June 21:
Beniciaadded 2 new cases today, a total of 1,017 cases since the outbreak began, 3.7% of its population of 27,570.
Dixon added 4 new cases today, total of 1,936 cases, 9.8% of its population of 19,794.
Fairfield added 11 new cases today, total of 9,164 cases, 7.8% of its population of 117,149.
Rio Vista remained steady for the 10th day in a row today, total of 394 cases, 4.2% of its population of 9,416.
Suisun Cityadded 7 new cases today, total of 2,311 cases, 7.8% of its population of 29,447.
Vacaville added 18 new cases today, a total of 8,876 cases, 9.0% its of population of 98,807.
Vallejoadded 13 new cases today, total of 9,961 cases, 8.3% of its population of 119,544.
Unincorporated areasremained steady for the 45th day in a row today (no increase since May 8!), total of 103 cases (population figures not available).
RE-OPENING GUIDELINES IN SOLANO COUNTY
Solano Public Health
See latest info on California’s COVID web page. See also the Solano County Public Health Coronavirus Resources and Updates page. (Click on the image at right to go directly to the page, or click on various links below to access the 10 sections on the County’s page.)
COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Friday, June 18:
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 Summary, Demographics and Vaccines. Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.
June 20, 2021 – More than 350 people joined together on Saturday at Benicia’s historic Camel Barns to celebrate the First Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day festival to be held in the city. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas were informed that slavery had been abolished and that they were freed persons.
Benicia Juneteenth 2021 – Left to right: BBLM Co-founder Nimat Shakoor-Grantham, Benicia Mayor Steve Young, Benicia Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager Dr. Maliika Chambers, and BBLM Co-founder Brandon L. Greene
Saturday’s celebration, sponsored by Benicia Black Lives Matter (BBLM), was filled with proclamations and resolutions from city officials, history presentations, a step performance, poetry and music as well as food and interesting wares from more than a dozen Black-owned businesses.
Visitors enjoy checking out the vendors’ tables [Credit: Benicia Black Lives Matter]“We are delighted that so many people joined BBLM to celebrate this day, which to Blacks is our Fourth of July,” said Nimat Shakoor-Grantham, co-founder of BBLM and a behavioral therapist. The festival was planned long before anyone knew that President Joe Biden would sign into law the observation of Juneteenth as a national holiday just a few days earlier. “Because of the significance of what had just occurred in Washington, our celebration is doubly meaningful,” Shakoor-Grantham said.
Freedom Flag, raised over Benicia City Hall on June 17, 2021
Juneteenth activities in Benicia actually began on Friday, when the Juneteenth flag was raised over City Hall with City Council and BBLM members in attendance. On Saturday, Shakoor-Grantham and BBLM co-founder Brandon Greene started the program by sharing their stories of why they founded BBLM last summer. Galvanized by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many other Black people, and united by their personal experiences of racism, slurs, discrimination and inequities in Benicia, they formed the grassroots community organization to address anti-Black racism in Benicia. During the program, both co-founders spoke of the need for all Benicians to get and stay active in the work to end racism in Benicia and to speak out when they observe it.
Brandon Greene, Co-founder, Benicia Black Lives Matter
“It is important to put today’s event into the correct political and social context,” said Greene, who is also Director of Racial and Economic Justice Program for ACLU of Northern California and an adjunct professor at UC Hasting School of Law. “We need to take this joyous energy of today and move forward to educate, to teach the real history of America, and to hold the city, the county and others accountable to disenfranchised people.”
Dr. Maliika Chambers, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager for the City of Benicia
Afterwards, Benicia Mayor Steve Young read an official proclamation from the city designating Juneteenth an official annual celebration for Benicia. Dr. Maliika Chambers, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager for the City of Benicia, presented Resolution 20-103, which established the position she holds and created several important but as yet unrealized action items for the City to address serious inequities in civic representation and support for Black-owned businesses.
Bow Hammer Skins, Herb Ruffin (keyboard/”hammer”), Karese Young (viola/”bow”), Carlton Carey (drums/”skins”), Ryan Sample (bass/”big bow”)
The crowd then stood together and sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Negro National Anthem, played by the local jazz band Bow Hammer Skins.
The Omega Gents perform a step routine during the City of Benicia Inaugural Juneteenth Program at the Camel Barns on Saturday in Benicia.
After an energetic and commanding step performance by the Omega Gents, young mentees from a program for African American middle- and high-school boys sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of Omega Psi Phi, Robert Johnson presented the history of Juneteenth, long an important date for Black Americans, yet little mentioned in American history books.
Robert Johnson, Juneteenth history
“It came two years after the Emancipation Act was signed by President Lincoln and two months after the South surrendered, ending the Civil War,” Johnson said. “But Blacks continued to be enslaved despite the proclamation. It was only when Major General Gordon Granger told the citizens of Galveston, Texas, that legalized slavery in the United States had ended that Blacks there realized they were free. June 19 has long marked the occasion of freedom for Blacks in America.”
Johnson concluded by noting that while Juneteenth may represent freedom, the long, ongoing struggle for a more just and equitable living standard for all Americans, regardless of skin color, continues. Even after slavery was legally abolished, Black and African Americans suffered from sanctioned discrimination throughout the South and all of the U.S. through reconstruction and Jim Crow laws, which created and sustained inequities in education, housing, jobs, health care and much more—proving that the struggle is far from over.
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