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FIL – California Govin Newsom sends in an update June 26, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, California, about the coronavirus pandemic.
FILE – California Govin Newsom sends in an update June 26, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, California, about the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP
FILE – California Govin Newsom sends in an update June 26, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, California, about the coronavirus pandemic.
FIL – California Govin Newsom sends in an update June 26, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, California, about the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP
During a Monday news conference, Govin Newsom, the California prime minister, announced for the first time changes to the state’s COVID-19 watch list since a data glitch delayed accurate case counts across the state.
There are six different indicators that a province can land on the watchlist:
An average of seven days of less than 150 tests performed per 100,000 inhabitants
2. More than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 14 days
More than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 14 days AND an average of seven days of test positivity over 8%
4. A 10% increase in the three-day average for hospital performances
5. With less than 20% of ICU beds available
6. With less than 25% fans available
All nine Bay Area counties remain on the previously frozen list, while state officials removed a backlog of 300,000 unreported test results and spread new data to individual counties. While county websites have yet to update the case two counts and test the positivity of the past two weeks, the state-of-the-art updated site reports figures from the past 14 days for each province.
The state page shows that not a single province in the Bay Area is close to being removed from the list at any given time, as all nine are well above the state threshold of 100 recorded cases per 100,000 inhabitants in ‘ the past 14 days.
Here is where all nine Bay Area counties currently stand:
Alameda
Fall over the last 14 days: 216 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
Contra Costa
Fall over the last 14 days: 281 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
Marin
Fall over the last 14 days: 260.4 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
Napa
Fall over the last 14 days: 204.1 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
San Francisco
Fall over the last 14 days: 146.3 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
San Mateo
Fall over the last 14 days: 170.2 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
Santa Clara
Fall over the last 14 days: 190.7 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: None
Solano
Fall over the last 14 days: 195.8 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: Only 11% of ICU beds available. Must have> 20% to meet criteria.
Sonoma
Fall over the last 14 days: 266.6 per 100K inhabitants
Other indicators highlighted: Only 4% of ICU beds available. Must have> 20% to meet criteria.
The watch’s criteria have been criticized by Solano County Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas, who said it may be impossible for his county to get off the waiting list. Matyas said 95% of the province’s cases come from social gatherings and not reopened businesses.
“It is possible that our province could remain on the waiting list for a very long time because we could not change these behaviors enough to reduce the numbers,” he said. “The cause of the outbreak is something we have very little control over.”
Eric Ting is an SFGATE reporter. Email: [email protected] | Twitter:@_ericting
