Solano County on Monday, July 26: 289 new COVID infections over the weekend.  Hospitalizations up dramatically.  Test positivity nears 17%!

Solano County COVID dashboard SUMMARY:

[Sources: see below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]

Solano County reported no new deaths today.  The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.  But the County reported  289 new COVID cases over the weekend, 96 per day!  Solano is clearly experiencing a “summer surge” in cases.

TREND: Cases-per-day dramatically up in July

Cases-per-day were trending downward in recent months, but are now rising sharply, especially over the last week:

Solano’s 451 ACTIVE cases is down from Friday’s remarkable high of 647, but still higher than anything since February 19, 2021.  Active cases have risen alarmingly in just two weeks, up from 289 cases on July 12.

Test Rate INCREDIBLY HIGH – compare with US & CA

Our 7-day average percent positivity rate was up alarmingly again today from a shocking 14.9% on Friday to an even more surprising 16.8% today, the County’s highest rate since January 29, 2021.  We would be decidedly back in the PURPLE TIER with rates this high.  COMPARE: The US 7-day % positive rate today is at 5.3%, and the California rate is 3.8%. [Source: Johns Hopkins]

Hospitalizations – fewer ICU Beds and Ventilators available

CURRENT hospitalizations jumped today from 33 to 45 persons CURRENTLY hospitalized with COVID.   ICU beds available fell dramatically today from 50% to only 32%. And the County reported fewer ventilators available today, down from 80 to 69.  These numbers confirm the spike in hospitalizations, see below…

The County updates the intake/discharge 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 Hospitalizations by Age Group chart which was not updated today, and now shows a total of 1,309 persons hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:

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.

SUMMER SURGE – Masks, Social Distancing & Vaccination

COVID is clearly circulating again and surging in Solano County!  Some California counties are returning to mandatory masks for all in crowded places, and today the State of California issued a policy for state employees and health care workers, requiring them to either get vaccinated or be tested weekly for the virus.  In the Bay Area, Solano County is the only holdout against even RECOMMENDING masks in public indoors spaces.  My personal plan is to mask indoors in public even though I’m vaccinated, and I’d recommend it for you, too.  This thing ain’t over yet!

Cases by City on Monday, July 26:

• Benicia added 8 new cases today, a total of 1,092 cases since the outbreak began, 4.0% of its population of 27,570.
• Dixon added 7 new case today, total of 1,997 cases, 10.1% of its population of 19,794.
• Fairfield added 74 new cases today, total of 9,560 cases, 8.2% of its population of 117,149.
• Rio Vista added 4 new cases today, total of 421 cases, 4.5% of its population of 9,416.
• Suisun City added 38 new cases today, total of 2,487 cases, 8.4% of its population of 29,447.
• Vacaville added 82 new cases today, a total of 9,341 cases, 9.5% its of population of 98,807.
• Vallejo added 76 new cases today, a total of 10,476 cases, 8.8% of its population of 119,544.
• Unincorporated remained steady today, a total of 108 cases (population figures not available).

COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County’s COVID Dashboard, Friday, July 23:

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.

Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (posted on the County website today).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

Solano County on Friday, July 23: 308 new COVID infections in just 2 days!  One new hospitalization.  Test positivity nears 15%!

Solano County COVID dashboard SUMMARY:

[Sources: see below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]

Solano County reported  304 new COVID cases since Wednesday’s report, 152 per day over the 2 days!  We’ve not seen a daily increase this high since Feb. 5, 2021.

TREND: Cases-per-day dramatically up in July

Cases-per-day have trended gradually downward in recent months, but are now rising sharply:

Solano’s 647 ACTIVE cases is dramatically up from Wednesday’s 451, and higher than anything since February 11, 2021.  Active cases have risen alarmingly in just two weeks, up from 289 cases on July 12.

Our percent positivity rate was up alarmingly today from a very high 12.2% on Wednesday to a shocking 14.9% today, the County’s highest rate since January 29, 2021.  We would be decidedly back in the PURPLE TIER with rates this high.  ICU Beds Available rose by 4% today to 50%. The County reported more ventilators available today, up from 77 to 80.

Solano County reported no new deaths today.  The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.

SUMMER SURGE – Masks and Social Distancing

COVID is clearly circulating again and surging in Solano County!  Some California counties are returning to mandatory masks for all in crowded places.  In the Bay Area, Solano County is the only holdout against even RECOMMENDING masks in public indoors spaces. My personal plan is to mask indoors in public even though I’m vaccinated, and I’d recommend it for you, too.  This thing ain’t over yet!

Hospitalizations on Friday, July 23:

CURRENT hospitalizations remained steady today at 33 persons CURRENTLY hospitalized with COVID.  However, in today’s “Hospitalizations by Age Group” chart, the County reported 1 new hospitalization, a Black / African American person age 50-64.  These charts are only updated “occasionally” according to our Public Health officer, Dr. Bela Matyas.  The County updates the intake/discharge 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 Hospitalizations by Age Group chart.  As mentioned, that chart was updated today and so I can now report a new total of 1,309 persons hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:

Hospitalizations are also recorded on the County’s demographic chart labeled “Hospitalizations by Race / Ethnicity.”  The chart was updated today, adding a Black / African American person.  Here are the current numbers.  Interestingly, the total doesn’t square with totals by age groups.

Cases by City on Friday, July 23:

• Benicia added 14 new cases today, a total of 1,084 cases since the outbreak began, 3.9% of its population of 27,570.
• Dixon added 14 new case today, total of 1,990 cases, 10.1% of its population of 19,794.
• Fairfield added 74 new cases today, total of 9,486 cases, 8.1% of its population of 117,149.
• Rio Vista added 4 new cases today, total of 417 cases, 4.4% of its population of 9,416.
• Suisun City added 30 new cases today, total of 2,449 cases, 8.3% of its population of 29,447.
• Vacaville added 82 new cases today, a total of 9,259 cases, 9.4% its of population of 98,807.
• Vallejo added 89 new cases today, a total of 10,400 cases, 8.7% of its population of 119,544.
• Unincorporated areas added 1 new case today, a total of 108 cases (population figures not available).

COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County’s COVID Dashboard, Wednesday, July 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 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.

Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (posted on the County website today).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

Solano County on Wednesday July 21: 124 new COVID infections over last 2 days.  Current hospitalizations nearly double.

See: All about the DELTA VARIANT.  Also, People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems.  And: “More than 70% of COVID-19 patients studied report having at least one “long haul” symptom that lasts for months.”  It’s not over yet!  Please encourage everyone to get vaccinated!

Solano County COVID dashboard SUMMARY:

[Sources: see below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]

Solano County reported  124 new COVID cases since Monday’s report, 62 per day over the 2 days!  Note the cases-per-day TREND in recent months, downward and now rising:

Solano’s 451 ACTIVE cases today is up from Monday’s 408, and higher than anything since February 19, 2021.  Active cases have risen dramatically in one week, up from last Monday’s 289 cases.

Our percent positivity rate was up again today from 11.9% on Monday to 12.2% today.  We would be back in the PURPLE TIER with rates this high.  ICU Beds Available rose by 8% today to 46%. The County reported fewer ventilators available today, down from 79 to 77.

COVID is definitely still out there and surging!  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 deaths today.  The County total is now 245 deaths since the pandemic began.

Hospitalizations on Wednesday July 21:

CURRENT hospitalizations took a big jump today, from Monday’s 19 to today’s 33 persons currently hospitalized with COVID.  This increase was NOT reflected in today’s “Hospitalizations by Age Group” chart, which remained unchanged since Monday.  That chart is only updated “occasionally” according to our Public Health officer, Dr. Bela Matyas.  The County updates the intake/discharge 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 Hospitalizations by Age Group chart.  As mentioned, that chart was not updated today and remains at a total of 1,308 persons hospitalized since the beginning of the outbreak, in the following age groups:

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.

Cases by City on Wednesday July 21:

• Benicia added 8 new cases today, a total of 1,070 cases since the outbreak began, 3.9% of its population of 27,570.
• Dixon added 3 new case today, total of 1,976 cases, 10.0% of its population of 19,794.
• Fairfield added 24 new cases today, total of 9,412 cases, 8.0% of its population of 117,149.
• Rio Vista added 1 new case today, total of 413 cases, 4.4% of its population of 9,416.
• Suisun City added 11 new cases today, total of 2,419 cases, 8.2% of its population of 29,447.
• Vacaville added 32 new cases today, a total of 9,177 cases, 9.3% its of population of 98,807.
• Vallejo added 44 new cases today, a total of 10,311 cases, 8.6% of its population of 119,544.
• Unincorporated areas added 1 new case today, a total of 107 cases (population figures not available).

COMPARE: From the most recent report on Solano County’s COVID Dashboard, Monday, July 19:

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.

Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (posted on the County website today).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).

Solano County on Monday July 19: 131 new COVID infections over the weekend.

See: All about the DELTA VARIANT.  Also, People with mild COVID can have long-term health problems.  And: “More than 70% of COVID-19 patients studied report having at least one “long haul” symptom that lasts for months.”  It’s not over yet!  Please encourage everyone to get vaccinated!

Solano County COVID dashboard SUMMARY:

[Sources: see below.  See also my ARCHIVE spreadsheet of daily Solano COVID updates.]

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 408 ACTIVE 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 deaths today.  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:

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.

Cases by City on Monday, July 19:

• Benicia added 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 City added 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.
• Vallejo added 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.

Sources

• Solano County Coronavirus Dashboard (posted on the County website today).
• See also my ARCHIVE of daily Solano COVID updates (an excel spreadsheet).