Show Notes
Notes:
KZYX gives a shout out to the local journalists who participated in the briefing today: the Mendocino Voice at mendovoice.com, the Facebook page Mendocino Action News, KMUD, and the Mendocino Beacon. They are doing tireless reporting on the pandemic locally, huge thanks to them for keeping us informed, they all deserve our support.
There has been one additional death in the county this week, bringing our total up to 46. He was an elderly White male from Fort Bragg. Last week we lost a 57 year old woman with multiple comorbidities, including covid-19.
Our overall case numbers are shrinking in Mendocino County. We currently have 39 active case in isolation, and 63 people in quarantine. We have 1 person in the hospital in Ukiah, no one in the ICU, and 1 Mendocino County resident in the hospital out of county.
There are no new outbreaks this week. There was an outbreak at Ukiah Post Acute involving 11 residents and 3 staff members, that is resolving.
Testing rates have gone way down in the county, to less than 90 tests per day.
There are still testing opportunities: 9-5 Saturday through Thursday at the Fairgrounds in Ukiah. And in Fort Bragg 9-5 Tuesdays at the Vets Hall. Rotating testing teams are visiting communities on Fridays, rotating through 2 sites per week from Point Arena to Round Valley. Testing rates need to go up to more effectively find asymptomatic carriers, including people who have been vaccinated.
There have been 47,746 vaccine doses administered in Mendocino County, 40% of adults in the county have had at least 1 shot, and 19.6% have had both.
If you have not been vaccinated and would like to sign up for a vaccine appointment, the county is using MyTurn.CA.GOV for county vaccination events. If you don’t have the internet, you can call in Spanish and English to 833-422-4255
Or call the County scheduling line at 707-472-2633
NCO has a vaccine call line to help with scheduling at 707-467-3239.
You can also TEXT them at 707-209-7161, include NCO VAX in the message.
Vaccines:
This upcoming week 2nd doses will be prioritized in the county, with some 1st dose events as well. Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses will be targeted towards homeless, incarcerated and hard to reach individuals.
The County is holding two 2nd dose clinics next week. Monday will be a 2nd dose Pfizer event, and Thursday will a 2nd dose Moderna event, both at the Fairgrounds in Ukiah.
RCMS is holding regular Saturday vaccine events.
Laytonville, Long Valley Health Center, on Fridays.
Adventist and MCHC are collaborating on a regular event at the ARC in Ukiah.
MCC vaccine events on Fridays.
There will be a vaccine event in Little River on April 1st.
And A 2nd Dose Moderna Event in Caspar on April 2nd.
Vaccine eligibility is opening up this week to construction workers. Proof of eligibility for health and other criteria will be self-attestation, they don’t want to be turning anyone away from vaccination clinics.
All variants are present here in California, and Dr. Coren advised continuing to double-mask by wearing 2 cloth masks.