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COVID-19 Status Update for 01/26/2021

Marin County COVID-19 Status Update for January 26 includes a COVID-19 update to the board of supervisors; four upcoming webinars to help increase vaccine education; and updated COVID-19 data

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The Marin County COVID-19 Status Update is published daily to share important news and resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic and to keep the local economy running. We remain here for you.

 

 

Marin COVID-19 Update to the Board of Supervisors

Earlier today, Dr. Willis provided an overview of Marin’s COVID-19 vaccine response to the Board of Supervisors. Topics included vaccine data; our vaccine POD; and more. 

 

 

Expand Your Vaccine Knowledge At One of These Upcoming Virtual Events

 

TOMORROW -  COVID Vaccine Information for the Disability Community

Join us for a conversation with community members, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Marin Center for Independent Living and Marin Public Health.  We will discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine, distribution progress in Marin County and disability advocacy at the State level.

Wednesday, January 27, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Panelists:

  • Peter T. Mendoza (Facilitator), Marin Center for Independent Living
  • Renee Pollard, Marin Center for Independent Living
  • Aaron Carruthers, State Council on Developmental Disabilities
  • Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County Public Health Officer
  • Dr. Tyler Evans, Marin County Deputy Public Health Officer

Ways to Participate:

This event will have English captions and ASL/CDI interpretation.  Spanish interpretation will be offered:  Si desea participar en español, por favor asista usando Zoom.

 

 

Explore Types of Vaccine and Vaccine Effectiveness with Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser will hold two webinars this week – one in English, the other in Spanish – to discuss common questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine and will focus on answering your questions so that you can feel secure in your decision to get inoculated against COVID-19. Getting back to normal is going to take all our tools we have, the COVID-19 vaccine is the best tool we so far to resume our lives and stay healthy.

Webinar español: miércoles 27 de enero de las 2:00-3:00 PM

  • participar en línea
  • participar por teléfono: +1-408-418-9388, Número de reunión (código de acceso): 177 507 6495 Contraseña de reunión: Thrive1!

English Webinar:  Thursday, January 28, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Join Online
  • Join by Phone: (408) 418-9388, Meeting ID: 177 324 3665, password: Thrive1!

 

 

Rep. Huffman Hosts Town Hall with Biden COVID Advisory Board member

Please join Congressman Jared Huffman for a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccinations with special guests Dr. Robert Rodriguez, a member of the Biden Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board; Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County Public Health Officer; Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County Public Health Officer; and a representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  

Rep. Huffman and his special guests will discuss the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines and what constituents of California's Second District can expect in the months ahead. 

Friday, January 29th, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (PST)

Ways to watch:

  • Facebook.com/RepHuffman
  • Marin TV Education Channel (Comcast Ch 30 and AT&T Ch 99) and streaming online at https://cmcm.tv/30

 

COVID-19 Data Update:

Below is a summary of today’s data now available on Marin Data & Surveillance webpage. View the page for a broader range of data, plus interactive graphs for confirmed COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Data analysis is available by age range, gender, race and city/town/geographic region. Questions about the data? See our Data FAQ or contact us.

 

COVID-19 activity in Marin:

DATA TYPE

Today’s Report

Change from Last Status Update

Total Confirmed Cases

9,829

+ 43

“Active Cases” (Confirmed in Past 14 Days)

696

- 75

Total Deaths

138

+ 1

Total / Cumulative Hospitalizations

288

+ 2

Tests Conducted Among Marin Residents

307,141*

N/A*

*At the time of publication, today’s testing count was not available due to an issue with CalREDIE, the state’s COVID-19 testing database. We anticipate the data being available for tomorrow’s report.

 

Current Hospitalization Data:

DATA TYPE

Today’s Report

Change from Last Status Update

Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations

29

  - 5

Current COVID-19 ICU Patient Census

6

  0

ICU Availability – Bay Area

N/A**

N/A**

**The State of California’s Regional ICU Capacity Dashboard was removed at the conclusion of the stay-home order.

 

Residential Care & Skilled Nursing Facility COVID-19 activity:

DATA TYPE

Today’s Report

Change from Last Status Update

Positive Patients at Facilities cumulative

713

1

Positive Patients at Facilities current

52

- 5

Positive Staff at Facilities current

41

- 8

Facility Patient Deaths

116

2

Facility Patient Deaths as percentage of all COVID+ deaths

84.67%

1.46%

 

State COVID-19 activity:

DATA TYPE

Today’s Report

Change from yesterday

California Confirmed Cases

3,153,186

+17,028

California Deaths

37,527

+409

 

 

Stay Informed

Follow the County of Marin on Facebook, Twitter, Next-door or subscribe to our status updates. Visit MarinHHS.org/coronavirus for resources to stay connected on the issue.

 

Helpful Links and Online Resources:

 

Contact Us. We Are Here for You.

Have questions?  We are here to help: contact our COVID-19 Response Team. Alternatively, you can contact the statewide COVID-19 Hotline 7 days per week by dialing (833) 422-4255 for general information about state COVID-19 resources.  If you’re looking for medicine, medical attention or have a medical related question, please contact your primary care provider or local health clinic. As a reminder, please only call 9-1-1 if you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency.

 

Spread the word: How your friends and family can receive these updates:

  • Text "MARIN COVID" to 468311 to receive text message notifications      
  • Subscribe online to receive email notifications
  • Tweet & share this update with your friends on Twitter!