Contra Costa County COVID-19 data as of Wednesday Feb.17, 2021.
All information is from the Contra Costa County Health Dept.:
- Total cases (since March) – 60,996
- Recovered cases – 58,167
- Deaths – 626
- Total active confirmed cases – 2,203
- Nursing home deaths – 285
- 25 active outbreaks in nursing homes
Contra Costa County COVID-19 Hospital Data:
- Patients currently hospitalized – 98
- Occupied ICU beds – 130
- Available ICU beds – 36
The State will move Contra Costa County to the “Red Tier” once the following three criteria have been met for two consecutive weeks:
- Case Rate: Less than 7 new cases per 100,000 residents – (currently 17.0)
- Positivity Rate: Less than 8% of tests countywide are positive – (currently 4.5%)
- Equity Metric: Less than 8% of tests for residents of the lowest quartile of the Healthy Places Index census tracts are positive – (currently 6.7%)
K-6 School Reopening:
Contra Costa County is currently in the Purple Tier. Schools may not reopen for grades 7-12 while in the Purple Tier. K-6 school may reopen for in-person instruction in the Purple Tier if the adjusted case rate has been less than 25 per 100,000 population (currently 15.5) per day for at least 5 consecutive days (schools can now reopen) and the school has an approved COVID Safety Plan. Local school officials will decide whether and when to reopen once these criteria are met.
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The recovery rate is now 95.4 percent.
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That’s up from a low of 93.7 percent last week.
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Open economy,…. NOW!!!
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We all have to die first then they’ll open the economy.
Is there a friggin’ echo in here ? ? ?
https://tinyurl.com/52a6yjc3
Finally, suggestion now being made for widespread use of N95 masks.
Had this been suggested and implemented here in CA, could have stopped the spread cold.
Too bad that 50 million mask stockpile Governor Schwarzenegger set up in 2006, only to have DEMs do away with the stockpile.
thanks obama,
“Before H1N1 in 2009, we had over 100 million N95 masks in the stockpile,” an official said. “During that event they handed out 90 million of those masks to the states. They were never replenished.”
“… testimony to Congress from Rick Bright, a vaccine expert who led a biodefense agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, who said his superiors ignored warnings about the need to prepare ahead of COVID-19.”
https://tinyurl.com/1sprq7sa
Open up schools now. No excuse. Get rid of the teachers union!
Tell that to the over 400k people that have died just in the US alone. Oh wait you can’t. You really wanna over work the frontline works again?
Stop the fear mongering. Follow the science and open schools back up at reduced rates that protect kids and teachers. Schools: start somewhere, anywhere but make some movement toward serving some portion of the kids in person. Mental health issues are very real issues for children right now. We are losing kids every day to suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, neglect….then we are to Covid. If teachers/unions don’t wish to work then fine stick them on zoom, spend the Cares money on frontline teachers to be hired and give the frontline teachers the vaccine and a huge pay increase . Enough is enough.
Also a question, is the District sending any of the Cares money to the private schools that are educating district kids in person safely. Did they receive any government support at all?
You should really read what you write before posting. 1st yes everyone wants to open up but i think you forgot what happened when they open up schools before. They had to reclose because infections hit very high. And yes a few died.
You talk about suicide rate in kids. What about nurses and doctors? A number of them resulted in suicide because of everything. You need to look at the full picture….
They are following the science. Which is why they are being cautious on opening because if they have to close. It can all go to hell…
To add: I did read what I wrote before posting. My 2 kids have been in private school since October with no severe issues. Follow the science. It can be done safely.
@Me
You should really read what you write before posting. You wrote that they are following the science. That’s a damn lie.
@Saveoutkids
You didn’t follow it because if you did. You would understand what happen last time when schools open up. Just because some small schools can be ok. Doesn’t mean the bigger public schools will be. That can cause a bigger outbreak which it already did once.
@Cyn
I did read what I wrote which is why I posted it. How is it that they are not following the science? Again, it was already shown schools had a pretty big impact on things getting out of hand the 1st time. I am guessing you don’t remember. Kids go rogue a lot more then adults do because they can’t handle certain things. That is proven “Science” So once the masks start coming off. How many parents, friends and grandparents will get sick and die? It’s happen once already.
Again, Yes I do believe in opening schools but once we get this under control. Every time things start to improve. We do something and then the numbers shoot right back up. I would suggest to wait until next school year to reopen as it will keep the cases down. That way we can get this almost fully under control. Don’t do it to soon like before or everything will close again.
@Me
You asked me how they are not following the science. My answer is this….after all the scientific studies performed and the scientific data obtained from those studies that support the opening of schools, they remain closed. If they followed the science as they claim, they’d open up.