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Solano County fails to update COVID-19 data tonight

UPDATE: See 1) Delayed report for Friday, April 23, and 2) today’s latest information

By Roger Straw, Friday, April 23, 2021 7:45pm PT

Solano COVID report: NO REPORT TONIGHT

Solano County usually updates its COVID-19 Dashboard around 4 or 5pm on weekdays, but nothing has been updated as of 7:45pm tonight.  Check back tomorrow….


COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard yesterday, Thursday, April 22:


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 4pm.  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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Residents of Vacaville account for half of Solano’s 40 new COVID cases today

By Roger Straw, Thursday, April 22, 2021

Solano COVID report: 40 new cases today and  397 active cases.  Vacaville residents are only 22% of Solano population, but had 50% of new cases today and doubled their March/April average of 10 new cases per day.

Solano County COVID report on Thursday, April 22:
[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]
Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

On April 22, Solano County reported no new deaths, but the County reported 40 new COVID cases overnight, near our average over the first two weeks of April, 39 new cases per day.   Last week we saw 348 new cases, or slightly under 50 per day.  Reports are that Solano will not be joining all other Bay Area counties in the State’s orange tier anytime soon.  Solano’s Active cases rose today from 377 to 397.  Our percent positivity rate fell from 6.3% to 6.0%.

Cases among youth and young adults increasing

Today, children 0-17 years of age accounted for 22% of the County’s total of 40 new cases, far above the group’s pandemic average of 12% of total cases.  Those aged 18-49 accounted for a 60%.  Today the County is reporting a continued low in numbers among those aged 50-64 (only 4 new cases, 10% of total) and those aged 65+ (only 3 new cases, 7% of total).  This chart shows the increase among younger age groups since last July.

>> 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 April 22:

  • Benicia added 4 new cases today, total of 935 cases since the outbreak began.
  • Dixon added 3 new cases today, total of 1,845 cases.
  • Fairfield added only 4 new cases today, total of 8,741 cases.
  • Rio Vista added 1 new case today, total of 368 cases.
  • Suisun City added 1 new case today, total of 2,198 cases.
  • Vacaville added 20 (!) new cases today, total of 8,374 cases.  Vacaville has averaged 10 new cases per day over the last month.
  • Vallejo added 7 new cases today, total of 9,568 cases.
  • Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 101 cases.

Most new cases are among those of us age 0-49!  Please stay safe, and if you catch it, please don’t pass it on to your elders!

Solano Age Groups – Total & New Cases reported today
0-17 Total Cases New cases today 18-49 Total Cases New cases today 50-64 Total Cases New cases today 65+ Total Cases New cases today
3,857 9 17,784 24 6,624 4 3,850 3

Ages 0-17 reached 12.0% of all cases for the first time this week
Ages 18-49 count for 55.4% of all cases
Ages 50-64 count for 20.6% of all cases
Ages 65+ count for 12.0% of all cases

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard yesterday, Wednesday, April 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 4pm.  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 reports 11 children newly infected with COVID today


By Roger Straw, Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Solano COVID report: 39 new cases today and  377 active cases.  It’s still among us, folks – stay safe!

Solano County COVID report on Wednesday, April 21:
[Source: see far below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]
Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard – SUMMARY:

On April 21, Solano County reported no new deaths, and the County reported 39 new COVID cases overnight, nearly double yesterday’s increase of 20 new cases.  Today we are back to our average over the first two weeks of April, 39 new cases per day.   Last week we saw 348 new cases, or slightly under 50 per day.  Reports are that Solano will not be joining all other Bay Area counties in the State’s orange tier anytime soon.  Solano’s Active cases rose today from 368 to 377.  Our percent positivity rate fell from 6.6% to 6.3%.

Cases among youth and young adults increasing

Today, children 0-17 years of age accounted for 28% of the County’s total of 39 new cases, far above the pandemic average of 12% of total cases.  Those aged 18-49 accounted for a typical 56%.  Today the County is reporting an extreme drop in numbers among those aged 50-64 (only 5 new cases, 13% of total) and those aged 65+ (only 1 new case, 3% of total).  This chart shows the increase among younger age groups since last July.

>> 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 April 21:

  • Benicia added 3 new cases today, total of 931 cases since the outbreak began.
  • Dixon remained steady today, total of 1,842 cases.
  • Fairfield added 8 new cases today, total of 8,737 cases.
  • Rio Vista added 4 new cases today, total of 363 cases.
  • Suisun City added 5 new cases today, total of 2,197 cases.
  • Vacaville added 7 new cases today, total of 8,354 cases.
  • Vallejo added 12 new cases today, total of 9,561 cases.
  • Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 101 cases.

Most new cases are among those of us age 0-49!  Please stay safe, and if you catch it, please don’t pass it on to your elders!

Solano Age Groups – Total & New Cases reported today
0-17 Total Cases New cases today 18-49 Total Cases New cases today 50-64 Total Cases New cases today 65+ Total Cases New cases today
3,848 11 17,760 22 6,620 5 3,847 1

Ages 0-17 reached 12.0% of all cases for the first time this week
Ages 18-49 count for 55.4% of all cases
Ages 50-64 count for 20.6% of all cases
Ages 65+ count for 12.0% of all cases

COMPARE: Screenshots from Solano County COVID Dashboard yesterday, Tuesday, April 20:


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 4pm.  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 to stay in red tier, will not move anytime soon

Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties come close to advancing, but miss the cut

Vallejo Times-Herald, By Nico Savidge & Matt O’Donnell, April 20, 2021
Jack Barenchi smiles as he gets a shot of the Moderna vaccine from Registered Nurse Richard Miralles with Kaiser Permanente during the Solano County Public Health COVID-19 vaccinations at the Solano County Fairgrounds. (Chris Riley—Times-Herald)
Jack Barenchi smiles as he gets a shot of the Moderna vaccine from Registered Nurse Richard Miralles with Kaiser Permanente during the Solano County Public Health COVID-19 vaccinations at the Solano County Fairgrounds. (Chris Riley—Times-Herald)

Several Bay Area counties learned Tuesday that they will stay put in the orange tier of California’s system of pandemic restrictions for at least the next two weeks, as the least-restrictive reopening level remains elusive.

Marin County was eligible to advance this week to the yellow tier, which indicates “minimal” coronavirus spread, and would have been the first in the Bay Area to do so this year. But a slight uptick in new cases dashed those hopes.

Data collected by the state that is used to determine tier assignments showed none of the Bay Area’s nine counties — where all are in the orange tier except for Solano County, which is in red — met the criteria to advance Tuesday.

“Solano County will remain in red tier status and we expect to stay in this tier for the near future,” said Jayleen Richards, the public health administrator for Solano County Health & Social Services. “Solano Public Health would like to move to a less restrictive tier, but data is not indicating that we will move to a less restrictive tier soon.”

For the state of California, that doesn’t mean coronavirus is surging again; no county is on pace to move backward into a more-restrictive tier. Instead, the dramatic decline in cases that has unfolded since the state’s devastating winter surge has more or less plateaued for the past month.

The yellow stage allows bars that don’t offer food service to start seating customers indoors at up to 25% capacity, and would bump up capacity limits at other businesses such as bowling alleys, wineries and museums. Outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people are permitted in the tier.

To reach it, counties must have a test positivity rate of less than 2% and report a testing-adjusted rate of less than 2 new cases per 100,000 residents per day.

On Tuesday, state officials reported San Mateo County had a case rate of 2.0, while San Francisco’s stood at 2.2 — the second straight week both counties barely missed out on the yellow tier. Under California’s rules, counties must meet the criteria for a less-restrictive stage for two straight weeks before advancing.

State officials are planning to phase out the four-level reopening plan known as the Blueprint for a Safer Economy in mid-June, when Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he will lift most pandemic restrictions.

Only Lassen, Sierra and Alpine counties, home to less than 35,000 combined residents, have reached the yellow tier.