COVID-19 tracker Tuolumne County’s case rate drops to new low since November

Tuolumne County had one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday as the daily rate of new cases declined to 4.1 per 100,000 people, down from 7.9 per 100,000 the previous week.

The new case rate was the lowest for the county since the second week of November, when the rate was 4.4 per 100,000 per day.

To move from the current red tier to the less restrictive orange tier, the county’s daily case rate would need to dip below 4 per 100,000 for three consecutive weeks.

Tuesday’s single new case was identified as a male younger than 18.

There were 10 active cases ontuesday, down from 14 the previous day, and one person remained in the hospital due to the virus.

The county has tallied 3,995 total coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, with 2,579 community cases and 1,416 cases among inmates at Sierra Conservation Center state prison outside of Jamestown.

A total of 59 people in the county have died since the start of the pandemic early last year.

Statistics

All data as of March 16 unless otherwise noted:

Tuolumne County Total cases: 3,995 (2,579 community; 1,416 SCC inmates)

Deaths: 59 Recovered: 2,510 Active cases: 10 Active hospitalized: 1 Tests conducted: 76,626 (57,054 community; 19,572 SCC inmates)

Vaccines given: 21,850

Calaveras County Total cases: 1,951 Deaths: 50 Recovered: 1,890 Active cases: 11 Active hospitalized: 1 Tests conducted: 35,039 Vaccines given: 15,534

California: 3,532,496 total cases; 55,577 deaths; 51,460,324 tests conducted; 13,037,557 vaccines given.

United States: 29,562,060 total cases; 537,417 deaths.

World: 120,971,785 total cases; 2,674,965 deaths.

Sources:tuolumne County Public Health Department, Calaveras County Public Health Division, California Department of Public Health, John Hopkins University.

When you should get

tested: Five days after travel or close contact with others outside of your household; as soon as possible if experiencing symptoms; and/or every 14 to 28 days if regularly working with the public.

Testing is available from:

• Local health care providers;

• Adventist Health Sonora, call first: (209) 536-5166;

• Optum Serv state testing sites:the Mother Fairgrounds, 220 Southgate Drive, Sonora — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; and Groveland Youth Center, 18950 Highway 120 — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Appointments to state testing sites are recommended and can be scheduled at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling (888) 634-1123.

Vaccinations

•Thetuolumne County Public Health Department continues to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to people in Phase 1A and 1B of a state vaccine distribution plan, individuals 55 and older, people 16 to 64 in high-risk groups, as well as foster and resource parents, education workers, childcare workers, emergency services workers, and food and agriculture workers. Call (209) 533-7440 to make an appointment, or visit www. tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/1317/ Covid-vaccine online for more information.

• CVS and Rite Aid stores intuolumne and Calaveras counties are offering COVID-19 vaccinations for people 65 and older, sign up here: https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine or www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/ covid-qualifier.

• 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.

•The Safeway pharmacy in Sonora is now offering vaccines to people 65 and older, who can register at mhealthsystem. com/3127tuolumne.

•The Calaveras County Public Health Division has a clinic at Frogtown, 2465 Gun Club Road, outside Angels Camp. Register for appointments at https:// bit.ly/3dzqvdh or call (209) 419-7314.

•To find out if you’re eligible and register for available vaccination clinics, visit: https://myturn.ca.gov/.