City of Benicia on NextDoor, Communications, Office of Economic Development Teri Davena, January 30, 2021 around 9pm
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Now Full. Due to overwhelming demand, the schedule of for the Benicia COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for Seniors on Tuesday, February 2, is now full.
Solano Public Health is working daily to schedule additional vaccine events. If you would like to add your name to an interest list to be notified of upcoming local vaccination clinics, go to www.tinyurl.com/beniciavaccine.
Benicia COVID-10 Vaccine Clinic for Senior (75+) on Tuesday. The City of Benicia is very excited to offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for Solano County seniors (aged 75 and above) on Tuesday, February 2, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Benicia Senior Center.
Sign ups are required. Please share the flyer to your networks to get our senior family members, friends and neighbors signed up as soon as possible at www.tinyurl.com/beniciavaccine. Check-in will be at Benicia City Gym.
Those with questions, or needing assistance signing up can call 707.746.4710. City staff and members of Carquinez Village will be staffing the phone lines Friday thru Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Pop Up Vaccination Clinic for Seniors. The City is holding a vaccination clinic for seniors over 75 on next Tuesday, Feb 2, from 9-4 at the Senior Center. Appointments are required. Sign up at www.tinyurl.com/BENICIAVACCINE.
Email from Elizabeth Patterson:
Vaccination Clinic at the Senior Center
Tuesday, February 2
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Must have an appointment!
Vaccines will be given to those aged 75 years and older only.
Proof of age and Solano County residency is required at check-in.
Vaccine second dose will be given in approximately 28 days. Details to follow.
Temperatures will be taken at arrival.
Masks will be required to be worn at all times.
Social distancing will be required at all times.
Please plan to arrive at City Gym no more than 15 minutes early.
Prepare for approximately 1 hour to complete the vaccination process.
Drivers should keep in contact with their senior for easy pick up. Pick up in front of Library. Help keep traffic moving.
Due to limited space, only one caretaker is allowed with senior being vaccinated. (Caretaker will not receive a vaccine.)
Special today: January case numbers and daily averages BY CITY (below). Stay home whenever possible – this is not over!
Thursday, January 28: 169 new Solano cases overnight, and again, 1 new death. Since Feb: 27,486 cases, over 820 hospitalized, 122 deaths.Compare previous report, Wednesday, Jan. 27:Summary
Solano County reported 169 new cases overnight, total of 27,486 cases since the outbreak started. In the first 28 days of January, Solano has added 8,275 new cases, for an AVERAGE of 296 new cases per day.
[sta_anchor id=”deaths” /]Deaths – 1 new death reported today, someone over 65 years of age, a total of 122 Solano deaths since the pandemic began. There have been 17 COVID-related deaths in Solano County over the last 9 days, 2 aged 18-49 years, 15 others over 65 years of age. While many other COVID stats are improving, these deaths are the final sad result of our holiday surge.
Active cases – Solano reported 33 more active cases today, a total of 1,505 active cases. Compare: Solano’s average number of Active Cases during October was 284, average in November was 650, in December 1,658 – and TODAY we are at 1,505. Better, but still a LOT! Is the County equipped to contact trace so many infected persons? Or do we just sit back and wait for a voluntary 10 day quarantine to expire. Who knows? To my knowledge, Solano has offered no reports on contact tracing.
Hospitalizations –(See expanding ICU capacity and ventilator availablity below.) Today, Solano reported 1 fewer currently hospitalized cases, total of 137. No change today in the number of hospitalizations among age groups. (The County posted its “occasional” large group of updated numbers on hospitalizations among the age groups yesterday, adding 5 in the 50-64 year age group and 12 more in the 65+ age group, for a total of 820 hospitalized in all age groups since the pandemic began.) Even then, accuracy cannot be certain – note… >>In a December 31 Fairfield Daily Republic article, reporter Todd Hanson wrote, “Since the start of the pandemic, and as of Wednesday, 9,486 residents have been hospitalized.” This startling number isfar and away above the number of residents hospitalized as indicated in the count of age group hospitalizations, and not available anywhere on the County’s COVID-19 dashboard.Asked about his source, Hanson replied that Solano Public Health “had to do a little research on my behalf.” It would be good if the County could add Total Hospitalized to its daily Dashboard update. [For the numbers used in my manual calculation of total hospitalizations, see age group stats below. For COVID19-CA.GOV numbers, see BenIndy page, COVID-19 Hospitalizations Daily Update for Solano County.][sta_anchor id=”icu” unsan=”ICU” /]
Ventilators available – This week, for the first time since July 24 of last year, Solano County is reporting the percentage of ventilators available. Today Solano hospitals have 41% of ventilators available, up from 26% yesterday but down substantially from last summer’s reports of 82-94% available.
Positive Test Rate – SOLANO TEST RATE REMAINS ALARMINGLY HIGH, 16.9% – VIRUS STILL SPREADING, STAY HOME!
Solano County reported our 7-day average positive test at an alarming rate of 16.9%, down a bit from yesterday’s 17.3%, but still more than 2 times the State’s purple tier threshold of 8%. Average percent positive test rates are among the best metrics for measuring community spread of the virus. COMPARE: The much lower and more stable California 7-day average test rate was down slightly from yesterday’s 7.7% to 7.5% today. (Note that Solano County displays past weeks and months in a 7-day test positivity line graph which also shows daily results. However, the chart does not display an accurate number of cases for the most recent days, as there is a lag time in receiving test results. The 7-day curve therefore also lags behind due to unknown recent test results.)
By Age Group
Youth 17 and under – 18 new cases overnight, total of 3,192 cases, representing 11.6% of the 27,486 total cases. No new hospitalizations reported today among this age group, total of 17 since the outbreak began. Thankfully, no deaths have ever been reported in Solano County in this age group. But cases among Solano youth rose steadily over the summer, from 5.6% of total cases on June 8 to 11% on August 31 and has plateaued at over 11% since September 30. Youth are 22% of Solano’s general population, so this 11% may seem low. The significance is this: youth are SERIOUSLY NOT IMMUNE (!) – in fact at least 17 of our youth have been hospitalized since the outbreak began.
Persons 18-49 years of age – 97 new cases overnight, total of 15,183 cases. This age group is 41% of the population in Solano, but represents 55.3% of the total cases, by far the highest percentage of all age groups. The County reported no new hospitalizations among persons in this age group today. A total of 241 are reported to have been hospitalized since the outbreak began. Solano recorded no new deaths in this young group today, total of 9 deaths. Some in this group are surely at high risk, as many are providing essential services among us, and some may be ignoring public health orders. I expect this group is a major factor in the spread of the virus.
Persons 50-64 years of age – 38 new cases overnight, total of 5,732 cases. This age group represents 20.9% of the 27,486 total cases. The County reported no new hospitalizations among persons in this age group today. A total of 222 are reported to have been hospitalized since the outbreak began. No new deaths were reported in this age group today, a total of 18 deaths.
Persons 65 years or older – 16 new cases overnight, total of 3,368, representing a high of 12.3% of Solano’s 27,486 total cases. The County reported no new hospitalizations among persons in this age group today, a total of 340 hospitalized since the outbreak began. 1 new death was reported in this age group today. A total of 95 of our elders have died of COVID, accounting for 78%of Solano’s 122 total deaths.[sta_anchor id=”citydata” /]
City Data
Benicia added 5 new cases overnight, total of 774 cases since the outbreak began. 266 new cases in January, avg. of 9.5 per day.
Dixon added 5 new cases overnight, total of 1,638 cases. 417 new cases in January, avg. of 15 per day.
Fairfield added 38 new cases overnight, total of 7,590 cases. 2,147 new cases in January, avg. of 77 per day.
Rio Vista added 1 new cases today, total of 262 cases. 97 new cases in January, avg. of 3 per day.
Suisun City added 14 new cases overnight, total of 1,879 cases. 533 new cases in January, avg. of 19 per day.
Vacaville added 33 new cases overnight, total of 7,223 cases. 2,369 new cases in January, avg. of 85 per day.
Vallejoadded 73 new cases overnight, total of 8034 cases. 2,421 new cases in January, avg. of 86 per day.
Unincorporated areas remained steady today, total of 86 cases. 25 new cases in January, avg. of nearly 1 per day.
Race / Ethnicity
The County report on race / ethnicity includes case numbers, hospitalizations, deaths and Solano population statistics. This information is discouragingly similar to national reports that indicate significantly worse outcomes among black and brown Americans. Note that all of this data surely undercounts Latinx Americans, as there is a large group of “Multirace / Others” which likely is composed mostly of Latinx members of our communities.
Asian Americans are 14% of Solano’s population, and account for 12% of cases, 12% of hospitalizations, and 17% of deaths.
Black Americans are 14% of Solano’s population, and account for 11% of cases, but 17% of hospitalizations, and 22% of deaths.
Latinx Americans are 26% of Solano’s population, but account for 13% of cases, 22% of hospitalizations, and 15% of deaths.
Multi-race / Others are 7% of Solano’s population, but account for 35% of cases, 18% of hospitalizations, and 12% of deaths.
White Americans are 39% of the population in Solano County, but only account for 29% of cases, 30% of hospitalizations and 34% of deaths.
I just read this powerful document from Elizabeth Patterson and I must say that I am experiencing a lot of emotions. I am very Happy that Elizabeth had the insight, awareness and courage to write this. She saw the apparent disparity and refused to remain silent as many people who shouldn’t remain silent choose to do.
If no one acknowledges and speaks out about such things, then such things will continue to happen. I found this writing very enlightening and encourage all to read it. This writing is not one of blame, but of shedding light on a problem that has remained in the dark for much too long.
I am saddened because situations like this still exist and not many people are even aware of it (“There’s no racism in Benicia”) . If people are aware of it, they are choosing not to speak; Maybe because the powers that be and community members at large don’t see this as an issue, they agree with this behavior, or are too timid to say anything, as some people think it best not to “Rock the Boat.”
I assure you that the Benicia Black Lives Movement (BBLM) is here to “Rock the Boat,” not by burning, looting or hating the police (as is the falsely applied stereotype), but by bringing to the attention of the government and the citizens of Benicia that events and issues of structural, conscious/unconscious racism, bias and social injustice will be identified, called out, fought against, and will certainly not be tolerated.
This is why I am so proud of Elizabeth for writing this document. The BBLM is collaborative and will not identify challenges that need to be addressed without working with the appropriate people toward the solution. I Thank the City Staff, Mayor, Past Mayor and City Council for the support you have shown us so far, but we still have a long way to go (as is made very clear by this attached writing). I again recommend that everyone read Elizabeth’s writing and work with us to create a better Benicia for All Citizens.
City of Benicia on NextDoor, Communications, Office of Economic Development Teri Davena, January 30, 2021 around 9pm
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