Contra Costa County COVID-19 data as of Friday Feb.26, 2021.
All information is from the Contra Costa County Health Dept.:
- Total cases (since March) – 62,367
- Recovered cases – 60,004
- Deaths – 674
- Total active confirmed cases – 1,689
- Nursing home deaths – 299
- 11 active outbreaks in nursing homes
Contra Costa County COVID-19 Hospital Data:
- Patients currently hospitalized – 74
- Occupied ICU beds – 114
- Available ICU beds – 43
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 12.1)
- Positivity Rate: Less than 8% of tests countywide are positive – (currently 4.0%)
- Equity Metric: Less than 8% of tests for residents of the lowest quartile of the Healthy Places Index census tracts are positive – (currently 6.4%)
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 11.5) 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.
Numbers went up the last 3 days now!
Cynthia doesn’t care she wants to eat inside a Chili’s!
Actually cases only went up the past day. Before that they went down.
Open up in door dining, and get kids back in school!
C’mon, open the gyms. Gyms are essential. The outdoor one we’ve been going to is pretty inadequate, and it’s really crowded. Technically socially distance, but it’s pretty crammed. Indoors, people in the gym are much more spread out. Yes, yes, ventilation, but gyms are usually huge spaces, and if they’re not crowded there shouldn’t be a problem. We need to stay fit to be healthy.
@ Lazy,
Wait, so now YOUR experience with gyms is THE barometer, that because SOME people socialize at a gym (I know I don’t) and you claim to be “in good shape…don’t need a gym”, that justifies shutting them down and eliminating that outlet for OTHER people, and worse yet, wreaking financial havoc on gym owners/employees?
I actually rarely work out at the gym and have done home workouts for years, but I would never deign that’s what good enough for me is good enough for everyone else…then again I’m not a soulless ghoul. You f****n’ people slay me, sit back and just wave off physical, emotional, and financial devastation like it’s nothing, all because of YOUR tiny sliver of experience.
Forget the gyms, you’ve had a year to do it at home.
Open the schools, kids need that before people need the gyms.
If you need a gym go to the bike trail or big 5 and get what you need, at this point your needs to stay in shape are not that important cause you’ve had a year to forgive it out, sorry. @yves harlowe
Funny .. I got my little Friday letter from our ‘wonderful’ superintendent, Adam Clark, today. He said that we can open schools once we are in the Red Tier … guess he cannot read the County Website that says schools can open … That guy is a useless tool.
Yes, we need the gyms. I have physical limitations. I can’t bicycle. I’ve done body weight exercises at home. Big 5 and every place else, including Amazon have been sold out of weights. We do need the gyms. I also agree the schools need to open, it’s outrageous they’ve been closed, but I also consider gyms to be essential. Not everyone has the room to set up a home gym. I’m glad you are so sure of yourself and I’m pretty sure you’re not sorry.
Gyms should have never been closed in the first place, and certainly should be opened back up now. Probably THE worst comorbidity to have with the China virus is obesity, which in itself leads to yet more comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes.
But what do these idiots do? That’s right, CLOSE gyms where people go to combat obesity…just a few gyms alone I read about that reopened last summer (in other states) had hundreds of thousands of gym visits without a single case of Wu Flu traced back to them…when gyms briefly reopened around here late-summer/Fall, I didn’t hear of any outbreaks.
So, DAD, while you may not give a s*** that gyms are for some people the best place for them to stay in shape, nor give a flying **** about the owners/employees suffering financially from being shut down, some people DO. And guess what? You can be afraid of gyms all you want, no one is forcing you to go.
Parents. I cannot believe I am doing this, but I defend Clark a bit. He would open. It is the crazy union that refuses to do so. The teachers somehow believe they are on the FRONT LINES, for crying out loud. What a slap in the face to the people who actually ARE on the front lines.
I am not arguing that gyms should be opened or closed. But, you do not a gym to get exercise. I was a gym member up until March 2020. Going to the gym was a regular part of my schedule. Gyms also provide socialization for many people. The gym closed and I am still in good shape because it is important to me. You do not need a lot of space and you do not need to spend a lot of money on expensive equipment.
Thank you, Pete V. I agree gyms should never have been closed. Many gyms have gone under, never to reopen. I guess they’ve had a year to figure it out, eh? Not everyone can go buy what they need, or have the room for a home gym set up. My gym membership is $22/month, very affordable. I was able to do what I needed to manage my pain. Gavin doesn’t give a ****
And it IS outrageous that the schools are still closed even when the rules say k-6 can open. Is Gavin waiting until the teachers unions say they let the teachers go back to in-person learning? I believe the closures have done incalculable harm to children.
But thanks, parent, for your condescension.
The Federal government, the State of California, and Contra Cost County have done a great job trying to alleviate some of the suffering caused by the pandemic. I applaud all the great work that has been done by these government agencies, especially “Operation Warp Speed” which created the vaccines that are going to wipe out Covid 19 for good. When govt. agencies work together – they can get stuff done.
While I applaud the feds, the county, and the state for all their hard work we’ve seen almost nothing done by the City of Concord to alleviate the human suffering. From day one the City of Concord’s response to the pandemic was to put up a “Pandemics Not Our Department” not our department.
Concord’s response to the pandemic has been a total disgrace at every level. To my knowledge not a single penny of the recently passed 27 million tax hike in Concord had gone toward alleviating the suffering the pandemic is causing – human suffering, – that money instead is going to be used to backfill the bloated pay packages and pensions of city workers (Concord City employees are paid 30,000 more per worker than they pay in Walnut Creek!)
While the City has done almost nothing to mitigate the human suffering caused by the pandemic, city officials – who are greedy beyond belief (see city workers bloated pay packages) – are furiously filling out the paperwork to get state and federal grants that will be available from this next Covid 19 bill.
In fact, the City of Concord has done almost nothing – so far – to help pandemic sufferers. What little has been done – a few grants were passed lout to favored local businesses (months after other cities did this), mostly only only for show. Why has Concord’s response been so anemic, compared to other cities?
It’s because our city is run by a bunch of heartless cold blooded paper pushers – people who could care less about the human suffering the pandemic is causing. As I reported many times in the ;past, all the City of Concord wants to do – all it does anymore – is arrest and jail ;people.
I hope the feds and the state turn down Concord’s request for Covid 19 funds. These cold blooded bean-counter creeps that run our city (see City Manager Valerie Barone and Laura Hoffmiester) don’t deserve a dime of the Covid 19 relief. money.
Wow, so much shade being thrown at the gyms!!! It must be nice to have an Mt. Olympus- grade physique with zero effort.
Yes, I have adjusted to doing living room workouts with bands and a stationary bike, but Ive missed my gym pretty much every day of the past eleven months. Why?
– lots of professional-grade equipment to choose from.
– the ability to socialize, or simply be around others with a common goal
– space, space, and more space
– having a designated place outside the home for workouts eliminates both distractions and excuses.
And for the 148th (ish) time, if you can visit Wal-Mart and the grocery store with unrestricted numbers (which we’ve been doing since at LEAST last Fall) you can do most anything indoors safely.
@Pete If you read what I wrote I said that I wasn’t arguing if gyms should be open or closed. You can get exercise without a gym. I never said keep the gyms closed. But if a gym is closed do something else. Do people not eat if restaurants are closed? Gyms are great. But now they are closed. Get off your *** and do something. Maybe when they reopen poeple will actually clean off equipment when finished, rarely happened before. And maybe sick people will stay home instead of going to the gym and coughing & hacking all over the equipment.
this from the county that says racism is a public health crisis…
i’m calling bs!