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More than one-third of Tuolumne County’s COVID-19 cases involve SCC inmates
As of Friday, 35.2% oftuolumne County’s 3,800 total COVID-19 cases have involved inmates at Sierra Conservation Center outside of Jamestown since the pandemic began early last year.
The county Public Health Department counted 26 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with 15 of them involving inmates at SCC. Nearly all of the prison’s 1,341 total cases have occurred since the start of November.
No inmates at the prison have reportedly died from COVID-19, but the deadly virus had claimed the lives of 52 county residents as of Friday.
County public health officials were still investigating whether COVID-19 caused the death of a woman in her 80s that was announced onthursday.
The county’s 11 new community cases on Friday included two girls and one boy 17 or younger, a man and woman 18 to 29 years old, a woman in her 40s, a man and woman in their 50s; a woman in her 60s; and two men in their 80s.
There were 66 active cases and three Covid-positive individuals who were hospitalized as of Friday.
While the county’s daily case rate of 15 per 100,000 people was an improvement over the previous week, it was still double the limit to qualify for the less restrictive red tier. The county remained in the state’s purple tier for widespread risk of coronavirus infection, with a testing positive rate of 5.5%
Testing
The COVID-19 testing site at Mother Lode Fairgrounds, set up by the state and run by Optum Serve-lhi, is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week.
Once-a-week testing sites are being staged at Groveland Community Hall, 18720 Main Street in Groveland, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays; and attuolumne Memorial Hall, 18375 Fir Ave. in the town oftuolumne, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Appointments can be scheduled at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling (888) 634-1123.
People with concerns about new or worsening symptoms can call Adventist Health Sonora’s COVID-19TRIAGE Line at (209) 536-5166.
Vaccinations
•Thetuolumne County Public Health Department continues to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to people in Phase 1A and Phase 1B-tier 1 of a state vaccine distribution plan, for individuals age 70 and older as well as education workers, childcare workers, and emergency services workers. Visit www. tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/1317/covid-vaccine online for more information.
• CVS stores in Sonora and Angels Camp are offering COVID-19 vaccinations for people 65 and older, sign up here: https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine
• Adventist Health Sonora has been hosting weekend vaccination clinics at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds for people 65 and older. Find out more information by going to www.adventisthealthsonora.org/covidvaccine or call (209) 536-5165.
•To find out if you’re eligible and register for upcoming state-run vaccination clinics, visit: https://myturn.ca.gov/
Statistics
Tuolumne County (as of Feb. 12)
Total cases: 3,800 (2,459 community; 1,341 inmates) Deaths: 52
Recovered: 2,341
Active cases: 66
Active hospitalized: 3
Tests conducted: 68,421 (50,601 community; 17,820 inmates) Vaccinations given: 8,590
Calaveras County (as of Feb. 12) Total cases: 1,825 Deaths: 25 Recovered: 1,722
Active cases: 78
Active hospitalized: 4
Tests conducted: 22,142 Vaccinations given: 6,043
California (as of Feb. 13): 3,399,878 total cases; 46,843 deaths; 45,703,217 tests conducted; 5,981,552 vaccines given.
United States (as of Feb. 14): 27,645,547 total cases; 485,414 deaths. World (as of Feb. 14): 108,969,896 total cases; 2,402,969 deaths.