All but one Bay Area county is recommending masking up indoors as COVID cases continue to spike locally and across the nation due to the highly contagious delta variant.
Solano County is sticking to a policy following state guidelines: no masks outdoors for anyone and none indoors for the fully vaccinated, with some exceptions, such as healthcare settings.
“The cases have been occurring over the last two weeks because of July 4 behavior — barbecues, gatherings in people’s backyards,” Solano County Public Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas said. “So a masking mandate for indoors for shopping, and retail, and restaurants is not going to make any difference. That’s not where it’s being transmitted. It’s being transmitted in people’s homes.”
Meanwhile, Napa County on Monday joined the other seven Bay Area counties in strongly recommending masking when in indoor public settings to slow the spread of the delta variant. The next step could be the return of a mask mandate.
Los Angeles County is already mandating masking after a surge in cases in Southern California.
UCSF’s Dr. George Rutherford does not see the Bay Area going that far, though he sees value in masking.
Solano County reported 131 new COVID cases since last Friday’s report, 44 per day over the weekend! Note the trend in recent months:
Solano’s 408ACTIVE cases today is down from Friday’s high of 449, but still higher than anything since last February. Active cases have risen dramatically in one week, up from last Monday’s 289 cases.
Our percent positivity rate was down slightly today at 11.9% but we would be back in the PURPLE TIER with rates this high. The County failed to report today on Current Hospitalizations, Percent ICU Beds Available and Ventilators Available. No reason given.
COVID is definitely still out there! Some California counties are returning to mandatory masks for all in crowded places – that’s my personal plan even though I’m vaccinated, and I’d recommend it for you, too.
Solano County reported no new deathstoday. The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.
Hospitalizations on Monday, July 19:
Although Solano County does not report hospitalization data in timely fashion, it did add one new hospitalization today, a multi-race person age 65+, increasing the County total of hospitalizations to 1,308 persons hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:
Age Group
Hospitalizations
% of Total
0-17
27
2%
18-49
327
25%
50-64
341
26%
65+
613
47%
TOTAL
1,308
100%
Hospitalizations are also recorded on the County’s demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Race / Ethnicity.” The chart was updated today, adding one multi-race/other person. Here are the current numbers. Interestingly, the total doesn’t square with totals by age groups.
Race / Ethnicity
Hospitalizations
% of Total
Asians
184
15%
Black / African American
199
16%
Hispanic / Latinx
327
27%
White
406
34%
Multirace / Others
86
7%
TOTAL
1,202
99%
Cases by City on Monday, July 19:
Beniciaadded 6 new cases today, a total of 1,062 cases since the outbreak began, 3.9% of its population of 27,570.
Dixon added 4 new case today, total of 1,973 cases, 10.0% of its population of 19,794.
Fairfield added 23 new cases today, total of 9,388 cases, 8.0% of its population of 117,149.
Rio Vista added 4 new cases today, total of 412 cases, 4.4% of its population of 9,416.
Suisun Cityadded 10 new cases today, total of 2,408 cases, 8.2% of its population of 29,447.
Vacaville added 40 new cases today, a total of 9,145 cases, 9.3% its of population of 98,807.
Vallejoadded 45 new cases today, a total of 10,267 cases, 8.6% of its population of 119,544.
Unincorporated areas remained steady today, a total of 106 cases (population figures not available).
COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County’s COVID Dashboard, Friday, July 16:
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.
Solano County reported 169 new COVID cases since Wednesday’s report, an average of 84 per day!! We have not seen single-day increases this high since early February.Note the trend: Solano County reported 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. In June, we saw 751 new cases in Solano, an average of 23 new infections each day. In the first 16 days of July we have seen 657 new cases, or 41 per day.
Solano’s 449ACTIVE cases today is our highest since February 19 and has risen daily over the last week: Wednesday 327 cases, Monday 289 cases, and last Friday 264 cases.
Percent Positive Tests up dramatically, click to enlarge
Our percent positivity rate was up to 12% today, from Wednesday’s 10.2%, Monday’s 9.2% and Friday’s 8.9%. We would be back in the PURPLE TIER with rates this high. Although Solano County does not report hospitalization data in timely fashion, it is noteworthy that availability of ICU beds is at 38%, continuing this week at levels not seen since March and April. COVID is definitely still out there! Some California counties are returning to mandatory masks for all in crowded places – that’s my personal plan even though I’m vaccinated, and I’d recommend it for you, too.
Solano County reported no new deathstoday. The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.
Hospitalizations on Friday, July 16:
Solano County reported an intake/discharge total of 19 CURRENTLY hospitalized persons with COVID today, unchanged since Wednesday. The County updates the total of CURRENTLY hospitalized cases with every report, but never reports on the cumulative total of hospitalized COVID patients over the course of the pandemic. That total must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update on the demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Age Group.” That chart was not updated today and remains at a total of 1,307 persons hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:
Age Group
Hospitalizations
% of Total
0-17
27
2%
18-49
327
25%
50-64
341
26%
65+
612
47%
TOTAL
1,307
100%
Hospitalizations are also recorded on the County’s demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Race / Ethnicity.” The chart was not updated today. Here are the current numbers. Interestingly, the total doesn’t square with totals by age groups.
Race / Ethnicity
Hospitalizations
% of Total
Asians
184
15%
Black / African American
199
16%
Hispanic / Latinx
327
27%
White
406
34%
Multirace / Others
85
7%
TOTAL
1,201
99%
Cases by City on Friday, July 16:
Beniciaadded 8 new cases today, a total of 1,056 cases since the outbreak began, 3.8% of its population of 27,570.
Dixon added 10 new case today, total of 1,969 cases, 9.9% of its population of 19,794.
Fairfield added 42 new cases today, total of 9,365 cases, 8.0% of its population of 117,149.
Rio Vista remained steady today, total of 408 cases, 4.3% of its population of 9,416.
Suisun Cityadded 22 new cases today, total of 2,398 cases, 8.1% of its population of 29,447.
Vacaville added 43 new cases today, a total of 9,105 cases, 9.2% its of population of 98,807.
Vallejoadded 40 new cases today, a total of 10,222 cases, 8.6% of its population of 119,544 (up from 8.5%).
Unincorporated areasadded 3 new cases today (the area’s first new cases since May 8!), total of 106 cases (population figures not available).
COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County’s COVID Dashboard, Wednesday, July 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.
Solano County’s Wednesday July 14 report: 84 new COVID infections over 2 days,active cases up by 38, ICU beds at 35% available, percent positive rate rises to 10.2%.
Solano County reported 84 new COVID cases since Monday’s report, an average of 42 per day!!Note the trend: Solano County reported 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. In June, we saw 751 new cases in Solano, an average of 23 new infections each day. In the first 14 days of July we have seen 488 new cases, or 35 per day.
Solano’s 327 ACTIVE cases today is our highest since April 30 and up significantly from Monday’s 289 cases and last Friday’s 264 cases. Our percent positivity rate was up to 10.2% today, from Monday’s 9.2% and Friday’s 8.9%. Availability of ICU beds is at 35%, our lowest level since April 20. COVID is definitely still out there – TAKE CARE!
Solano County reported no new deathstoday. The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.
Hospitalizations on Wednesday, July 14:
Solano County reported an intake/discharge total of 19 CURRENTLY hospitalized persons with COVID today, unchanged since Monday. The County updates the total of CURRENTLY hospitalized cases with every report, but never reports on the cumulative total of hospitalized COVID patients over the course of the pandemic. That total must be independently discovered in the County’s occasional update of the demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Age Group.” That chart was updated today, showing 1 new hospitalization, someone age 65+. A new total of 1,307 persons have been hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:
Age Group
Hospitalizations
% of Total
0-17
27
2%
18-49
327
25%
50-64
341
26%
65+
612
47%
TOTAL
1,307
100%
Hospitalizations are also recorded on the County’s demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Race / Ethnicity.”The chart was updated today, adding 1 White person. Here are the current numbers. Interestingly, the total doesn’t square with totals by age groups.
Race / Ethnicity
Hospitalizations
% of Total
Asians
184
15%
Black / African American
199
16%
Hispanic / Latinx
327
27%
White
406
34%
Multirace / Others
85
7%
TOTAL
1,201
99%
Cases by City on Wednesday, July 14:
Beniciaadded 3 new cases today, a total of 1,048 cases since the outbreak began, 3.8% of its population of 27,570.
Dixon added 1 new case today, total of 1,959 cases, 9.9% of its population of 19,794.
Fairfield added 22 new cases today, total of 9,323 cases, 8.0% of its population of 117,149. (up from 7.9%)
Rio Vista added 4 new cases today, total of 408 cases, 4.3% of its population of 9,416.
Suisun Cityadded 13 new cases today, total of 2,376 cases, 8.1% of its population of 29,447. (up from 8.0%)
Vacaville added 16 new cases today, a total of 9,062 cases, 9.2% its of population of 98,807.
Vallejoadded 26 new cases today, a total of 10,182 cases, 8.5% of its population of 119,544.
Unincorporated areasremained steady for the 68th 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’s COVID Dashboard, Monday, July 12:
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.
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