Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us. So I'll start a brief with
a brief update on the numbers we are seeing some indications of a plateau.
Um the the total number of cases we have is 230,089 cases of COVID-19
reported. We're averaging close to about 3000 on a daily basis and the
case rate is at 100 and 90 per 100,000. This is data from yesterday for
comparison last week it was 189. So um there are indications that we're
hitting a plateau. When you look at the hospitalizations they have increased
from 505 from the last report 2 588 Intensive care unit from 82 increased
to 92 and pediatric hospitalizations have increased from 14 to 22. The E. D.
Visits have decreased slightly and you can see that on our dashboard and be
able to follow what the numbers look like for the jail. Um There are
currently 47 cases of COVID-19 in the main jail compared to 76 last week on
the 12th And currently a 123 cases in our triple c. Compared to 49 on the 12.
We continue to provide consultation with correctional health and um in
helping to make sure that cases that identified isolated and we also provide
assistance with testing vaccination remains the safest strategy to prevent
future infections, severe disease and death. And so we remind everyone to
continue to be vigilant with masking in public places and for those that have
conditions that put them at risk to avoid gatherings. Um and for people
that are exhibiting symptoms to stay home. Last week we are were asked about
the therapeutic. So I want to give you a brief update on the therapeutics that
are allocated to Sacramento County. We are getting and this is on uh every two
weeks. We we get an allocation and and then what we do is we then reallocate
it to the different facilities and send that information to the state um which
then sends it to the company that ships out the medication. So there is packed
Slovin which is an oral medication for treatment of multi moderate covid 19.
We get about 300 allocated to Sacramento County with each allocation
and we usually have about 10 locations that get the Reallocation and that does
include Our jail facilities. The jail facilities get about 20 each. Um
they're still in the process of getting there first allocation
Pair of ear is also an oral medication for treatment of mild to moderate
disease. We get about 1220 and that is allocated to about 30 to 40 facilities
which does include CVS and write a pharmacies.
Then there's the shield which is an intra muscular injection. It's given
for pre exposure treatment for people that are immune compromised. So that
only two facilities in Sacramento County that get that you see Davidson
center and this is actually a regional um resource. So they get referrals not
just from Sacramento County but from the entire region. And then some
crema circuitry from a bob
is an I. V. Injection which is a monoclonal antibody treatment. We get
about 180 doses and this is distributed to hospitals. So as you can tell um we
do get very limited supplies and oh that is given out to the different
facilities for treatment of patients. I will turn it over to Jamie.
Hi, good morning. Um For the past week our stanford wastewater group has
detected decreases in SARS COv two concentrations in wastewater from
sacramento and several Bay Area wastewater treatment sites. Um Since
these changes have occurred over several days it looks like there is a
true decrease um in SARS COv two circulation and not a random
fluctuation um of omicron and in particular um in terms of variants, I
do want to remind everybody that we are still seeing delta in addition to
omicron. Um So delta has not gone away. Um We are several of the genotyping
results that we're getting back are coming back as as Delta. This maybe
somewhat influenced by prioritization over more severe cases for genotyping.
Um But there is no guarantee that if somebody gets covid infection today
that it's going to be the omicron variant. So people should be very
cautious about that.
I'll turn it over to Nick.
Thanks Jamie. Good morning everyone. I'm gonna talk a little bit about
schools and also some home test kits. So, as with most sectors in our
community, schools have felt significant impact from this current
surge which unfortunately occurred right as schools were returning from
their winter breaks. Schools have seen higher numbers of cases among students
and staff than previously, which is consistent with high case rates across
the entire community and does not necessarily indicate that transmission
is occurring on campus. Prior to this most recent surge due to individual
level contact tracing, we were confident that most students and staff
who got covid required it outside of school either from family or at social
gatherings. The high case rates we are currently experiencing in our community
make it difficult to identify how an individual acquired covid as they may
have multiple exposures per day in a variety of settings, both at school and
away from school. We know schools are essential to the emotional well being
of Children and keeping them open for in person instruction remains a
priority. There are no set thresholds for school closures and our office
provides consultation to schools that believe they may have a situation that
warrants a closure on a case by case basis. Thus far, there have been a
small handful of brief classroom closures, but schools have in large
part remained open and we're optimistic that that will continue as we deal with
this current surge, we continue to encourage schools to remain focused on
universal face covering usage and the importance of being fully vaccinated
and boosted if eligible remains clear, especially for lessening the chances of
serious disease, hospitalization or death. The last two years have been
challenging for many businesses and organizations and schools are no
different first as they adapted to offering distance learning and now as
they implement Covid testing programs, partner on vaccine clinics and conduct
contact tracing for their students and staff. This most recent surge has
created staffing shortages for many schools and it has been all hands on
deck. As teachers, counselors and administrators have stepped up to cover
classes, we remain committed to continuing to support them through the
provision of guidance and technical assistance. So regarding some
information on testing. Sacramento County Public Health has provided rapid
antigen test kits through a variety of channels, including a wildly popular
distribution to the general public. Through a recent partnership with
Sacramento Public Library, as well as distributions to community based
organizations. Separate allocations of test kits have been sent to schools
through the Sacramento County Office of Education, demand for rapid antigen
home test kits throughout the community remains high. We want to remind
residents looking for home test kits that they can order them for free
through a new federal program that allows each household to order four
home test kits. Kids can be ordered online at Covid tests dot gov and are
expected to ship starting late january as a reminder. This is a federal
program and not affiliated with Sacramento County Public Health. In any
way, it's simply another resource we wanted to share in hopes that our
residents seeking home test kits can benefit from it.