January 7, 2022 SUMMARY: Solano County recorded 433 new infections over the last two days, 1 new COVID-related death and 53 previously undisclosed hospitalizations.  Solano & Benicia continue in EXTREMELY HIGH rate of community transmission.

Solano dashboard, Friday, January 7:

DEATHS: Solano reported 1 new death today, a Hispanic/Latinx person age 50-64.  Trending: The County reported 27 COVID deaths in September, 18 in October, 14 in November, 22 in December, and 6 already in January (42 of us have died over 54 days since the uptick beginning on November 15).  A total of 357 Solano residents have now died of COVID or COVID-related causes over the course of the pandemic.

CASES BY AGE GROUP: The County reported 433 new COVID cases today.  78 of these 433 new cases (18%) were youth and children under 18.  The majority, 249 cases (58%) were age 18-49.  78 cases (18%) were age 50-64, and only 26 (6%) were 65+.
BELOW: color-coded chart shows CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN BY AGE GROUP, expressed as a percentage of TOTAL CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.  Increases are in red and decreases are in green as reported by Solano County since April of 2020.  Note the steady increase among children and youth of Solano County.  The population of those age 0-17 in Solano County is roughly 22%.COMPARE – U.S. cases among children and youth aged 0-17 as percentage of total cases is 15.9% as of today.  (From the CDC covid-data-tracker.)

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE:  Solano has risen dramatically and daily into what I would call an EXTREMELY HIGH transmission rate, with a total of 2,500 new cases over the last 7 days, up from 2,067 at last report.  This is surely the OMICRON variant spreading wildly.  CDC FORMULA: Based on Solano County’s population, 450 or more cases in 7 days places Solano in the CDC’s population-based definition of a HIGH transmission rate.  We would need to drop below 225 cases in 7 days to rate as having only MODERATE community transmission.

ACTIVE CASES: Solano’s 2,554 ACTIVE cases is down from the County’s last report of 2,708 active cases.

CASES BY CITY – Friday, January 7:

• Benicia added 17 new cases since Monday, a total of 1,872 cases since the outbreak began.  Benicia has seen a new high of 147 infections in the last 7 days, and so remains in the CDC’s [EXTREMELY] HIGH rate of community transmission.  (see chart below).  Based on Benicia population, MODERATE is defined as less than 14 cases over the last 7 days, SUBSTANTIAL is 14-27 cases, and HIGH is 28 or more cases.  Benicia will need to maintain fewer than 14 new cases-per-7-days for 30 consecutive days before relaxing its mask mandate.  Note above that Solano County is currently also experiencing HIGH transmission.

• Dixon added 31 new cases today, total of 2,823 cases.
• Fairfield added 101 new cases today, total of 13,715 cases.
• Rio Vista reported 7 new cases today, total of 686 cases.
• Suisun City added 18 new cases today, total of 3,615 cases.
• Vacaville added 96 new cases today, a total of 13,512 cases.
• Vallejo added 163 new cases today, a total of 15,497 cases.
• Unincorporated added 0 new cases today, a total of 158 cases.

POSITIVE TEST RATE:  Solano County’s Percent Positive Test Rates skyrocketed after Christmas.  In today’s report our 7-day positivity numbers supposedly fell from 30% to 18% – but that number is likely to be adjusted upward in coming days.  A better understanding comes with the numbers below, that come from today’s adjusted Percent positive tests LINE GRAPH which gets updated retroactively each day.  Today’s chart shows our largest spikes Dec. 29-31.  (And I simply DO NOT BELIEVE the Jan. 3-4 numbers.  The County WILL adjust them – stay tuned.)

  COMPARE: Today the California rate jumped to 17.5%.  [Source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracking Center]  The U.S. rate rose to 27.94% today. [Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker.] 

HOSPITALIZATIONS:

CURRENT hospitalizations: rose slightly today from 69 persons to 70 persons.  (See also TOTAL hospitalizations, next below…)

TOTAL hospitalizations – PLUS 53!  Solano County’s TOTAL hospitalized over the course of the pandemic must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update of hospitalizations by Age Group and by Race/Ethnicity.  Solano updated its age and race hospitalizations charts today. Today’s age chart showed 53 previously unreported hospitalizations.  Solano hospitals have now reported a total of over 3,281 COVID patients since the beginning of the outbreak.  (See my summary chart below.  Note that Solano’s data on age is more reliable than that on race/ethnicity.)

ICU Bed Availability in Solano County rose from 30% at last report to 38%, just out of the Yellow danger zone.

Ventilator Availability  was down from 76% to 73%.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA MASK MANDATE (this section not updated on the BenIndy lately…)

From COVID19.CA.GOV:
Wear your mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces!
Due to a recent increase in cases, CDPH has mandated that everyone in California wear a mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces. The order is in effect December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022.  LEARN MORE…

SOLANO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIRES MASKS INDOORS IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES

Solano County follows State of California guidelines, requiring the wearing of a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated.

From Solano County’s COVID-19 Dashboard:

12/20/21 Update
Mask Requirement Flyers: (English – PDF) (English – Word Doc) (Spanish – PDF) (Spanish – Word Doc)
12/13/21 Update
CDPH Face Coverings Updated Guidance
From December 15, 2021 – January 15, 2022, the state requires wearing a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated. 
CDPH Travel Guidance
CDPH Mega Events Guidance
Solano County guidance for celebrating holiday traditions safely
Visit the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) website or the CDC website for additional holiday tips on protecting yourself and your family during the holidays

BENICIA’S MASK MANDATE REMAINS IN PLACE – DETAILS…

• CLICK HERE for Dr. Richard Fleming’s thoughtful follow-up on Council’s December 7 decision to continue the mask mandate 
• See also Steve Golub’s ALERT in advance of Council’s December 7 meeting.
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Benicia City Council decides to keep mask mandate in place, will review again on Dec. 7 and
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Open Letter to Benicia City Council: Dr. Richard Fleming on mask mandate
• Background – Aug 24, 2021 – Benicia Mask Mandate, City Resolution 21-88
• Background – Explanation of the CDC’s population-based transmission rate for Benicia and for Solano (above)

SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS failed to consider an agendized proposal for a countywide MASK MANDATE on Tuesday, September 14.  Bay Area news put Solano in a sad light: all other county health officers issued a joint statement offering details on when they would be able to lift mask mandates (not likely soon).  TV news anchors had to point out that Solano would not be considering such a move since our health officer had not been able to “justify” a mask mandate in the first place.  The Solano Board of Supervisors has joined with Dr. Bela Matyas in officially showing poor leadership on the COVID-19 pandemic.

HOW DOES TODAY’S REPORT COMPARE?  See recent reports and others going back to April 20, 2020 on my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

>The data on this page is from the Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday 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.

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Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (on the County website).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).  I have posted full CORONAVIRUS REPORTS almost daily here on the Benicia Independent. 

January 5, 2022 SUMMARY: Solano County recorded 838 new infections over the last two days, and 1 new COVID-related death.  Solano & Benicia continue in EXTREMELY HIGH rate of community transmission.

Solano dashboard, Wednesday, January 5:

DEATHS: Solano reported 1 new death today, someone age 50-64 who was White.  Trending: The County reported 27 COVID deaths in September, 18 in October, 14 in November, 22 in December, and 5 already in January (41 of us have died over 52 days since the uptick beginning on November 15).  A total of 356 Solano residents have now died of COVID or COVID-related causes over the course of the pandemic.

CASES BY AGE GROUP: The County reported 838 new COVID cases today.  169 of these 838 new cases (20%) were youth and children under 18.  The majority, 483 cases (58%) were age 18-49.  130 cases (16%) were age 50-64, and 56 (only 7%) were 65+.
BELOW: color-coded chart shows CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN BY AGE GROUP, expressed as a percentage of TOTAL CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.  Increases are in red and decreases are in green as reported by Solano County since April of 2020.  Note the steady increase among children and youth of Solano County.  The population of those age 0-17 in Solano County is roughly 22%.COMPARE – U.S. cases among children and youth aged 0-17 as percentage of total cases is at 15.9% as of today.  (From the CDC covid-data-tracker.)

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE:  Solano has risen dramatically and daily into what I would call an EXTREMELY HIGH transmission rate, with 2,067 new cases over the last 7 days, up from 1,872 at last report.  This is surely the OMICRON variant spreading wildly.  CDC FORMULA: Based on Solano County’s population, 450 or more cases in 7 days places Solano in the CDC’s population-based definition of a HIGH transmission rate.  We would need to drop below 225 cases in 7 days to rate as having only MODERATE community transmission.

ACTIVE CASES: Solano’s 2,708 ACTIVE cases is up dramatically again from the County’s last report of 2,017 active cases.

CASES BY CITY – Wednesday, January 5:

• Benicia added 38 new cases since Monday, 19 per day and a total of 1,855 cases since the outbreak began.  Benicia has seen 130 new infections in the last 7 days, and so remains in the CDC’s [EXTREMELY] HIGH rate of community transmission.  (see chart below).  Based on Benicia population, MODERATE is defined as less than 14 cases over the last 7 days, SUBSTANTIAL is 14-27 cases, and HIGH is 28 or more cases.  Benicia will need to maintain fewer than 14 new cases-per-7-days for 30 consecutive days before relaxing its mask mandate.  Note above that Solano County is currently also experiencing HIGH transmission.

• Dixon added 29 new cases today, total of 2,792 cases.
• Fairfield added 211 new cases today, total of 13,614 cases.
• Rio Vista reported 10 new cases today, total of 679 cases.
• Suisun City added 49 new cases today, total of 3,597 cases.
• Vacaville added 162 new cases today, a total of 13,416 cases.
• Vallejo added 338 new cases today, a total of 15,334 cases.
• Unincorporated added 1 new case today, a total of 158 cases.

POSITIVE TEST RATE:  On Solano County’s Percent Positive Test LINE GRAPH, we see that rates skyrocketed after Christmas and continue to rise.  In today’s report our 7-day positivity numbers are at 30%, a rate only seen once before, on January 4, 2021.  These numbers come from today’s adjusted Percent positive tests LINE GRAPH.

  COMPARE: Today the California rate is 15.9%.  [Source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracking Center]  The U.S. rate jumped to 27.04% today. [Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker.] 

HOSPITALIZATIONS:

CURRENT hospitalizations: rose substantially today from 56 persons to 69 persons.  (See also TOTAL hospitalizations, next below…)

TOTAL hospitalizations: Solano County’s TOTAL hospitalized over the course of the pandemic must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update of hospitalizations by Age Group and by Race/Ethnicity.  Solano Public Health updated its age and race hospitalizations charts today. The age chart showed 1 previously unreported hospitalization today, a person age 50-64, who was White.  Solano hospitals have now reported a total of over 3,228 COVID patients since the beginning of the outbreak.  (Data on age is more reliable than that on race/ethnicity.)

ICU Bed Availability in Solano County rose from 23% at last report to 30%, still in the Yellow danger zone.

Ventilator Availability  was up from 71% to 76%.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA MASK MANDATE

From COVID19.CA.GOV:
Wear your mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces!
Due to a recent increase in cases, CDPH has mandated that everyone in California wear a mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces. The order is in effect December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022.  LEARN MORE…

SOLANO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIRES MASKS INDOORS IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES

Solano County follows State of California guidelines, requiring the wearing of a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated.

From Solano County’s COVID-19 Dashboard:

12/20/21 Update
Mask Requirement Flyers: (English – PDF) (English – Word Doc) (Spanish – PDF) (Spanish – Word Doc)
12/13/21 Update
CDPH Face Coverings Updated Guidance
From December 15, 2021 – January 15, 2022, the state requires wearing a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated. 
CDPH Travel Guidance
CDPH Mega Events Guidance
Solano County guidance for celebrating holiday traditions safely
Visit the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) website or the CDC website for additional holiday tips on protecting yourself and your family during the holidays

BENICIA’S MASK MANDATE REMAINS IN PLACE – DETAILS…

• CLICK HERE for Dr. Richard Fleming’s thoughtful follow-up on Council’s December 7 decision to continue the mask mandate 
• See also Steve Golub’s ALERT in advance of Council’s December 7 meeting.
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Benicia City Council decides to keep mask mandate in place, will review again on Dec. 7 and
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Open Letter to Benicia City Council: Dr. Richard Fleming on mask mandate
• Background – Aug 24, 2021 – Benicia Mask Mandate, City Resolution 21-88
• Background – Explanation of the CDC’s population-based transmission rate for Benicia and for Solano (above)

SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS failed to consider an agendized proposal for a countywide MASK MANDATE on Tuesday, September 14.  Bay Area news put Solano in a sad light: all other county health officers issued a joint statement offering details on when they would be able to lift mask mandates (not likely soon).  TV news anchors had to point out that Solano would not be considering such a move since our health officer had not been able to “justify” a mask mandate in the first place.  The Solano Board of Supervisors has joined with Dr. Bela Matyas in officially showing poor leadership on the COVID-19 pandemic.

HOW DOES TODAY’S REPORT COMPARE?  See recent reports and others going back to April 20, 2020 on my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

>The data on this page is from the Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday 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.

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Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (on the County website).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).  I have posted full CORONAVIRUS REPORTS almost daily here on the Benicia Independent. 

Solano County Public Health corrected the January 3 COVID dashboard this morning, including shockingly high 7-day positive test numbers, over 1,200 new cases, 4 deaths, hospitalizations, major increases in City data, as well as age and race details.  This is the first accurate update since experiencing technical problems in December.

January 3, 2022 UPDATED SUMMARY: Solano County recorded 1,229 new infections over the New Year holiday, and
4 new COVID-related deaths.  Solano & Benicia continue in EXTREMELY HIGH rate of community transmission.

Solano dashboard, Monday, January 3:

DEATHS: Solano reported 4 new deaths as of Monday, January 3.  Demographic data on these and two previous deaths were reported: Two who died were age 18-49, two were age 50-64 and two were over 65. One was Black, one Hispanic/Latinx, and two White.  Trending: The County reported 27 COVID deaths in September, 18 in October, 14 in November, 22 in December, and 4 already in January (40 of us have died over 50 days since the uptick beginning on November 15).  A total of 355 Solano residents have now died of COVID or COVID-related causes over the course of the pandemic.

CASES BY AGE GROUP: The County reported 1,229 new COVID cases today, but the County’s demographic report updated information on 1,872 new cases reported over the last 7 days.  331 of these 1,872 new cases (18%) were youth and children under 18.  The majority, 1,151 cases (61%) were age 18-49.  270 cases (14%) were age 50-64, and 120 (only 6%) were 65+.
BELOW: color-coded chart shows CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN BY AGE GROUP, expressed as a percentage of TOTAL CASES SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.  Increases are in red and decreases are in green as reported by Solano County since April of 2020.  Note the steady increase among children and youth of Solano County.  The population of those age 0-17 in Solano County is roughly 22%.COMPARE – U.S. cases among children and youth aged 0-17 as percentage of total cases is at 15.8% as of today.  (From the CDC covid-data-tracker.)

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE: Over the last week, Solano has risen dramatically into what I would call EXTREMELY HIGH transmission, with 1,872 new cases, up from 1,486 at last report.  CDC FORMULA: Based on Solano County’s population, 450 or more cases in 7 days places Solano in the CDC’s population-based definition of a HIGH transmission rate.  We would need to drop below 225 cases in 7 days to rate as having only MODERATE community transmission.

ACTIVE CASES: Solano’s 2,017 ACTIVE cases is up dramatically from the County’s last report of 1,382 active cases.

CURRENT hospitalizations: rose substantially today from 44 persons to 56 persons.  (See also TOTAL hospitalizations, next below…)

TOTAL hospitalizations: Solano County’s TOTAL hospitalized over the course of the pandemic must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update of hospitalizations by Age Group and by Race/Ethnicity.  Solano Public Health minimally updated its age and race hospitalizations charts today. The age chart showed 2 previously unreported hospitalizations today, including 1 young adult age 18-49, and 1 of our elders age 65+.  One was Black and one was Hispanic.  Solano hospitals have now reported a total of over 3,227 COVID patients since the beginning of the outbreak.  (Data on age is more reliable than that on race/ethnicity.)

ICU Bed Availability in Solano County rose from 20% at last report to 23%, in the Yellow danger zone.  [See also in today’s SF Chronicle: Napa County runs out of ICU hospital beds amid spike in Bay Area virus cases.]

Ventilator Availability  was up slightly from 69% to 71%.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA MASK MANDATE

From COVID19.CA.GOV:
Wear your mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces!
Due to a recent increase in cases, CDPH has mandated that everyone in California wear a mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces. The order is in effect December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022.  LEARN MORE…

SOLANO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIRES MASKS INDOORS IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES

Solano County follows State of California guidelines, requiring the wearing of a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated.

From Solano County’s COVID-19 Dashboard:

12/20/21 Update
Mask Requirement Flyers: (English – PDF) (English – Word Doc) (Spanish – PDF) (Spanish – Word Doc)
12/13/21 Update
CDPH Face Coverings Updated Guidance
From December 15, 2021 – January 15, 2022, the state requires wearing a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated. 
CDPH Travel Guidance
CDPH Mega Events Guidance
Solano County guidance for celebrating holiday traditions safely
Visit the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) website or the CDC website for additional holiday tips on protecting yourself and your family during the holidays

BENICIA’S MASK MANDATE REMAINS IN PLACE – DETAILS…

• CLICK HERE for Dr. Richard Fleming’s thoughtful follow-up on Council’s December 7 decision to continue the mask mandate 
• See also Steve Golub’s ALERT in advance of Council’s December 7 meeting.
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Benicia City Council decides to keep mask mandate in place, will review again on Dec. 7 and
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Open Letter to Benicia City Council: Dr. Richard Fleming on mask mandate
• Background – Aug 24, 2021 – Benicia Mask Mandate, City Resolution 21-88
• Background – Explanation of the CDC’s population-based transmission rate for Benicia and for Solano (above)

SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS failed to consider an agendized proposal for a countywide MASK MANDATE on Tuesday, September 14.  Bay Area news put Solano in a sad light: all other county health officers issued a joint statement offering details on when they would be able to lift mask mandates (not likely soon).  TV news anchors had to point out that Solano would not be considering such a move since our health officer had not been able to “justify” a mask mandate in the first place.  The Solano Board of Supervisors has joined with Dr. Bela Matyas in officially showing poor leadership on the COVID-19 pandemic.

HOW DOES TODAY’S REPORT COMPARE?  See recent reports and others going back to April 20, 2020 on my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

>The data on this page is from the Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday 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.

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Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (on the County website).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).  I have posted full CORONAVIRUS REPORTS almost daily here on the Benicia Independent. 

Solano County Public Health continues to have problems posting the usual updated details in a timely manner.  Today’s COVID dashboard (below) fails to update City data and cases, hospitalizations and deaths by age and race.  I will show a brief report here, but please check back tomorrow to find out if the County posts any more.

January 3, 2022 SUMMARY: Solano County recorded 1,229 new infections over the New Years holiday, and 4 new COVID-related deaths.  Solano continues in EXTREMELY HIGH rate of community transmission.

Solano dashboard, Monday, January 3:

DEATHS: Solano reported 4 new deaths as of Monday, January 3.  No demographic data was given on these deaths.  A total of 355 Solano residents have now died of COVID or COVID-related causes over the course of the pandemic.

CASES BY AGE GROUP: The County did not update the Demographics tab on its COVID dashboard since Monday, Dec. 27.  No new information is available on cases by age group.

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE: Over the last week, Solano has risen dramatically into what I would call EXTREMELY HIGH transmission, with 2,569 new cases, up from 1,486 at last report.  CDC FORMULA: Based on Solano County’s population, 450 or more cases in 7 days places Solano in the CDC’s population-based definition of a HIGH transmission rate.  We would need to drop below 225 cases in 7 days to rate as having only MODERATE community transmission.

ACTIVE CASES: Solano’s 2,017 ACTIVE cases is up dramatically from the County’s last report of 1,382 active cases.

CASES BY CITY – Wednesday, December 29 – SOLANO DID NOT GIVE AN UPDATE:

• On last report, Benicia saw 65 new cases over the last 7 days, sending Benicia even deeper into the CDC’s HIGH rate of community transmission.  (see chart below).  Based on Benicia population, MODERATE is defined as less than 14 cases over the last 7 days, SUBSTANTIAL is 14-27 cases, and HIGH is 28 or more cases.  Benicia will need to maintain fewer than 14 new cases-per-7-days for 30 consecutive days before relaxing its mask mandate.  Note above that Solano County is currently also experiencing HIGH transmission.

CONFLICTING DATA ON POSITIVE TEST RATE:  Last Wednesday, I observed a dramatic discrepancy between Solano’s 7-day test positivity data as displayed on a PC (16%) compared to that displayed on an android phone (22.9%). I am holding off posting an update, hoping for conclusive County numbers. I asked Solano County Public Health Officer Bela Matyas to clarify and, grateful for my pointing out the error, he is looking into it. Matyas reports that they have been experiencing “transmission errors” and are looking into quality control measures to reduce such errors. My best guess is that the error has yet to be corrected, so I will not hazard a guess tonight.  COMPARE: The 1/3/22 California rate is 10.8%.  [Source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracking Center]  The U.S. rate jumped to 17.13% as of 1/3/22. [Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker.] 

HOSPITALIZATIONS:

CURRENT hospitalizations: rose substantially today from 44 persons to 56 persons.  (See also TOTAL hospitalizations, next below…)

TOTAL hospitalizations: Solano County’s TOTAL hospitalized over the course of the pandemic must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update of hospitalizations by Age Group and by Race/Ethnicity.   Solano Public Health did not update its age and race hospitalizations charts today.  Solano hospitals have reported a total of over 3,225 COVID patients since the beginning of the outbreak.  (Data on age is more reliable than that on race/ethnicity.)

ICU Bed Availability rose from 20% at last report to 23%, still in the Yellow danger zone.

Ventilator Availability  was up slightly from 69% to 71%.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA MASK MANDATE

From COVID19.CA.GOV:
Wear your mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces!
Due to a recent increase in cases, CDPH has mandated that everyone in California wear a mask in indoor public spaces and workplaces. The order is in effect December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022.  LEARN MORE…

SOLANO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIRES MASKS INDOORS IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES

Solano County follows State of California guidelines, requiring the wearing of a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated.

From Solano County’s COVID-19 Dashboard:

12/20/21 Update
Mask Requirement Flyers: (English – PDF) (English – Word Doc) (Spanish – PDF) (Spanish – Word Doc)
12/13/21 Update
CDPH Face Coverings Updated Guidance
From December 15, 2021 – January 15, 2022, the state requires wearing a mask indoors – in all public places – even if you’re fully vaccinated. 
CDPH Travel Guidance
CDPH Mega Events Guidance
Solano County guidance for celebrating holiday traditions safely
Visit the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) website or the CDC website for additional holiday tips on protecting yourself and your family during the holidays

BENICIA’S MASK MANDATE REMAINS IN PLACE – DETAILS…

• CLICK HERE for Dr. Richard Fleming’s thoughtful follow-up on Council’s December 7 decision to continue the mask mandate 
• See also Steve Golub’s ALERT in advance of Council’s December 7 meeting.
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Benicia City Council decides to keep mask mandate in place, will review again on Dec. 7 and
• Background – Nov 18, 2021 – Open Letter to Benicia City Council: Dr. Richard Fleming on mask mandate
• Background – Aug 24, 2021 – Benicia Mask Mandate, City Resolution 21-88
• Background – Explanation of the CDC’s population-based transmission rate for Benicia and for Solano (above)

SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS failed to consider an agendized proposal for a countywide MASK MANDATE on Tuesday, September 14.  Bay Area news put Solano in a sad light: all other county health officers issued a joint statement offering details on when they would be able to lift mask mandates (not likely soon).  TV news anchors had to point out that Solano would not be considering such a move since our health officer had not been able to “justify” a mask mandate in the first place.  The Solano Board of Supervisors has joined with Dr. Bela Matyas in officially showing poor leadership on the COVID-19 pandemic.

HOW DOES TODAY’S REPORT COMPARE?  See recent reports and others going back to April 20, 2020 on my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

>The data on this page is from the Solano County COVID-19 Dashboard.  The Dashboard is full of much more information and updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday 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.

RETURN TO TOP

Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (on the County website).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).  I have posted full CORONAVIRUS REPORTS almost daily here on the Benicia Independent.