[BenIndy editor: This report does not mention Solano County, but it does provide a link to a fascinating, extensive and detailed spreadsheet: “updated data from the California Department of Public Health”. Clearly the State did NOT advance Solano out of the RED tier today. – R.S.]
Amador County moves to yellow tier; Yolo County advances closer to least restrictive tier
This week Amador, Orange, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties moved to the yellow tier.
With the most recent data update, five counties saw case rates and positivity rates that put them in a position to move next week if their numbers remain low:
Placer County could move to the orange tier.
Yolo County to move to the yellow tier.
Plumas County to move to the yellow tier.
Inyo County to move to the yellow tier.
Merced County could move to the orange tier.
Yuba and Tuolumne county were in a position to move to a less restrictive tier last week, but their case rates rose to a point where they were ineligible to move this week.
Counties need to meet the next tiers metrics requirements for two consecutive weeks before moving tiers. There are only three more weeks of tier changes until June 15, when the state plans to retire the tier system. So, there still is enough time for more counties down one more tier before there are no more tiers.
Solano County reported 15 new COVID cases today. Reports are that our red-tier Solano County will not be joining all other Bay Area counties opening in less restrictive tiers anytime soon. We saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day. In the first 18 days of May, Solano reported 549 new cases, an average of 30 per day.
The County reported 6 NEW DEATHS today, one young adult age 18-49 and 5 persons over 65 years of age. According to the Fairfield Daily Republic, yesterday’s 7 newly reported deaths occurred in January and February, with more such reports to come this week. No doubt this includes most if not all of today’s 6 new deaths. Solano County Public Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas has in the past performed “occasional updates” on previously unreported hospitalizations. Now we can add deaths to that practice. Our hearts go out to all of these, and their families and friends.
We learned of no new hospitalizations today. Our percent positivity rateremained steady today at 5.8%.
>> The virus is still active here. Stay safe, get vaccinated, wear a mask and social distance! We will get through this together.
Cases by City on Tuesday, May 18:
Benicia remained steady today, total of 984 cases since the outbreak began.
Dixon added 4 new cases today, total of 1,908 cases.
Fairfield added only 4 new cases today, total of 8,985 cases.
Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 370 cases.
Suisun City remained steady today, total of 2,264 cases.
Vacaville added only 2 new cases today, total of 8,617 cases.
Vallejoadded only 5 new cases today, total of 9,795 cases.
Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.
COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Monday, May 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 Summary, Demographics and Vaccines. Click here to go to today’s Solano County Dashboard.
On May 17, Solano County reported 37 new COVID cases. The County also reported 7 NEW DEATHS, all persons over 65 years of age. (It is not clear if these deaths represent an outbreak over the weekend or one of Solano County’s “occasional updates” representing previous deaths only now being reported.) Our hearts go out to all of these, and their families and friends. RECENTLY: We saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day. In the first 17 days of May, Solano reported 534 new cases, an average of 31 per day. Reports are that our red-tier Solano County will not be joining all other Bay Area counties in opening to less restrictive tiers anytime soon.
We learned of 1 new hospitalization today, someone over 65 years of age. Solano’s Active cases fell dramatically today from 276 to 143, our lowest since June 17 of last year. Our percent positivity ratealso fell today from 6.9% to 5.8%, our first day under 6% since April 30, but still much higher than in recent months.
>> 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 17:
Beniciaadded 1 new case today, total of 984 cases since the outbreak began.
Dixon added 5 new cases today, total of 1,904 cases.
Fairfield added 15 new cases today, total of 8,981 cases.
Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 370 cases.
Suisun Cityadded 2 new cases today, total of 2,264 cases.
Vacaville added 5 new cases today, total of 8,615 cases.
Vallejoadded 9 new cases today, total of 9,790 cases.
Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.
COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Friday, May 14:
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.
On May 14, Solano County reported 21 new COVID cases. Our hearts go out to those 21 and their families and friends. RECENTLY: We saw 1,288 new cases in April, an average of 43 per day. In the first 14 days of May, Solano reported 497 new cases, an average of 36 per day. Reports are that our red-tier Solano County will not be joining all other Bay Area counties in opening to less restrictive tiers anytime soon.
We learned of 4 new hospitalizations today, all persons over 65 years of age. Solano’s Active cases fell today from 296 to 276. Our percent positivity ratealso fell today from 7.4% to 6.9%, our first day under 7% since May 3rd, but still much higher than recent months. 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 14, 2021
Date
New Cases 0-17 years
New Cases
18-49 years
New Cases
50-64 years
New Cases
65+ years
TOTAL
14-May
7
10
2
2
21
14-May
33%
48%
10%
10%
100%
Compare TODAY (above) with percentages since LAST SUMMER (below). Note especially children and youth 0-17 years:
Percent of ALL CASES SINCE JUNE 2020, age groups as of May 14, 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%
5/14/21
12.2%
55.4%
20.5%
11.8%
Hospitalizations – new information today…
The Solano County COVID dashboardSummary tab only shows active hospitalizations for the current day (16 today – 3 more than yesterday). 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.
Solano County Hospitalizations by Age Group. See Solano Dashboard DEMOGRAPHICS TAB for details.
But on the Demographics tab of the County dashboard, the County “occasionally” updates the accumulated total of hospitalizations by age group. These numbers were updated earlier this week and again today. Today the County reported 4 new hospitalizations, all persons age 65+. On Monday this week, the County reported 3 new hospitalizations since early April, and added another 6 on Tuesday. The 5-day increase of 13 hospitalizations includes 1 person age 18-49, 1 person 50-64 and 11 persons age 65+. We’ll keep an eye on this for more “occasional” updates.
Solano County Total COVID Hospitalizations by AGE GROUPS as of May 14
Hospitalizations
Age 0-17
Hospitalizations
Age 18-49
Hospitalizations
Age 50-64
Hospitalizations
Age 65+
26
324
332
602
>> 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 Friday, May 14:
Benicia remained steady today, total of 983 cases since the outbreak began. Benicia averaged 2 cases/day in April.
Dixon added 1 new case today, total of 1,899 cases.
Fairfield added 6 new cases today, total of 8,966 cases.
Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 370 cases.
Suisun City remained steady today, total of 2,262 cases.
Vacaville added 4 new cases today, total of 8,610 cases.
Vallejoadded 10 new cases today, total of 9,781 cases.
Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 103 cases.
COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard on Thursday, May 13:
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.
ABC10 News, by Chelsea Shannon, May 18, 2021
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