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Last Friday, we modified our Vehicle Based Gathering Order to authorize live performances, extend the vehicle limit to 400, and permit the sale of concessions. We are working with representatives from the arts community, production companies and venue spaces to further refine guidance for live performances. Hosts of all live performances over with more than vehicles are required to submit aLive Performance Plan to [email protected].
Last Friday also marked the deadline for schools across the county to share with us their plans for in-person learning. We received more than 130 responses to our in-person learning readiness questionnaire, with more than 80 schools expressing interest in waivers. We are partnering with the Alameda County Office of Education to review responses and determine next steps.
This week Alameda County reached a significant milestone by having temporarily housed 1,200 homeless residents through Project Roomkey. Please help promote our Landlord Liaison program and help find permanent housing for people exiting Project Roomkey. If you or someone you know has a housing unit for rent, please call 510-777-2100 or email [email protected].
As wildfires continue across the State, please download our Wildfire Smoke and Your Health FAQs. The Alameda County Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates a list of extreme heat cooling centers. We remind our community to check on air quality status before going outdoors, stay hydrated and check in on vulnerable neighbors.
Each week we provide a digest of new information pulled from presentations to the Board of Supervisors and other key stakeholders. We hope you find this summary useful and we appreciate your readership and your support.
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In preparation for the upcoming flu season, Alameda County is working with our clinical and community partners to ensure broad access and to implement the planning infrastructure for COVID vaccine. We will be receiving 36,000 flu vaccine doses in September and October from the State to distribute to existing partner clinics. 41,000 additional flu vaccine doses are available from the State upon request from the County in November and December.
We are also partnering with the Board of Supervisors to host community flu clinics throughout the county. Please be sure to get your flu vaccine this year and support vaccine access for all staff and members of your organization.
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Case rates continue to slowly trend downward. Hospitalization rates continue to slowly trend down though remaining at higher levels than hospitalizations in June. Our goal is for cases to be flat or decreasing.
· On September 15, there were 5.6 new cases of COVID-19 per day per 100,000 residents and a test positivity rate of 3.4% using CDPH data adjusted through September 5.
· On September 15, there were 20,097 cumulative cases and 356 deaths.
· On September 14, there were 118 hospitalized patients (highest was 213 on 7/28), including 33 ICU patients with confirmed COVID-19.
Case rates remain highest among ages 18-50, and hospitalizations in these age groups increased in August while death rates remain highest among those over the age of 50.
The LEMMA COVID-19 prediction model using hospital data through September 13 estimates the median Alameda County transmission rate (Rt) to be 0.65, down from 0.69 last week, and a peak of 1.24 in late June. This means each person with COVID-19, on average, transmits the virus to 0.65 other people. If we keep the transmission rate less than 1, new cases will decrease. The California COVID Assessment Tool (Cal-CAT) uses an ensemble of 8 models and estimates our transmission rate to be 0.91, the same as last week, and compared to 0.87 in California overall. To keep the transmission rate less than 1 and reduce the risk of transmissions, please slow the spread.
For help with enforcement or report violations of workplace safety orders in Alameda County, please email: [email protected]
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Hospital Capacity and Surge Planning
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As of September 14, our hospital capacity indicators are:
· 5% of the patients in hospital beds across Alameda County were confirmed COVID-19 positive, 11% of ICU patients were COVID-19 positive. These percentages have been decreasing since the end of August and within our goal of 50% of less.
· 39% of the staffed inpatient hospital beds and 38% of the ICU beds were available, which is within our goal of above 20%.
· 77% of the mechanical ventilators were available.
If your facility needs COVID-related supplies or staffing please visit the Emergency Medical Services websiteto request PPE, request staffing and request testing supplies.
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Updated race and ethnicity data in Alameda County show that Latinx people continue to face the highest case rates and Black/African American residents continue to face the highest death rates. Currently Latinx people have 6.4 times the case rate and 1.6 the death rate compared to White people. Black/African American people have 2.2 times the case rate and 2.3 times the death rate compared to White people. Native American people have 1.9 times and Pacific Islander people have 2.3 times the case rate compared to White people. These disparity rates are similar this week (within 0.4) compared to last week.
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The highest case and positivity rates in Alameda County continue to be in the Fruitvale and Coliseum zip codes in East Oakland and the 880-highway corridor. However, as illustrated in the case, and testing rate maps, the highest rates of testing are not occurring in the zip codes with the highest case rates. Community-led grassroots testing efforts in the most highly impacted neighborhoods aim to increase testing for those who need it most.
These persistent disparities underscore the urgent need to address racial and socioeconomic inequities in economic stability, workplace safety, education and access to precautions, rapid access to testing, safe isolation housing, quarantine, medical care, and income replacement.
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