Contra Costa County COVID-19 data as of Wednesday Feb.24, 2021.
All information is from the Contra Costa County Health Dept.:
- Total cases (since March) – 62,028
- Recovered cases – 59,621
- Deaths – 655
- Total active confirmed cases – 1,752
- Nursing home deaths – 295
- 15 active outbreaks in nursing homes
Contra Costa County COVID-19 Hospital Data:
- Patients currently hospitalized – 89
- 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 12.9)
- Positivity Rate: Less than 8% of tests countywide are positive – (currently 4.2%)
- Equity Metric: Less than 8% of tests for residents of the lowest quartile of the Healthy Places Index census tracts are positive – (currently 6.5%)
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 12.4) 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.
Scamdemic over yet?
The real scam was all the Republicans claiming COVID would disappear right after the election. Hasn’t turned out to be the case.
@Chuq your right, COVID did not disappear after the election. But the flu sure did!
The logic they use is extremely fuzzy at best. For example, both San Francisco and Santa Clara counties had all three of their data points in the “red tier”, but were nevertheless stuck in the “purple tier” because their health equity metric was like 0.4 percentage points above 5%. I realistically can’t conceive of any counties moving into the yellow tier within six months, unless they build a vaccination metric into the tier system. I think Alameda + Napa will be in the red tier by March 10th and Contra Costa and Solano will be in the red tier by March 24th, assuming Governor Newsom doesn’t change the goalposts or rules again.