Educators, Child Care Workers Among Eligible Recipients for COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments
In a screenshot from Friday’s virtual press conference, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso, top, discusses local distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
February 26, 2021
| 9:30 p.m.
Educators and child care employees in Santa Barbara County, along with food and agricultural workers and emergency services staff, are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment as soon as next week.
Grocery store workers, employees in emergency services and Phase 1a health care workers can schedule vaccine appointments for Public Health-run vaccination sites starting at 9 a.m. Monday, according to the county s COVID-19 Joint Information Center.
Santa Barbara County Public Health reported three more individuals who died in relation to COVID-19 on Wednesday and six on Thursday, bringing the countywide death toll to 407.
Santa Barbara Unified elementary schools prepare for reopening
Santa Barbara County Public Health officials said the county needed to be below 25 per 100,000 people testing positive for COVID-19. The county is currently at 16.9.
Now principals around the district, including Roosevelt Elementary School and Adams Elementary School, are preparing for in-person learning as soon as next week.
Many schools across the district have few students in-person with remote learning.
Roosevelt Elementary School principal Valerie Galindo said she is excited to hear the loud pattering of her students in the halls.
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2 more COVID-related deaths, 99 new cases reported in SB County
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Santa Barbara County Public Health reported two more deaths and 99 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
One of the individuals who died was between the ages of 50 and 69 while the other was between 30 and 49, significantly younger than the average victim.
Both individuals reportedly had underlying health conditions and one was connected to an outbreak at a congregate care facility.
The residents reportedly lived in the City of Santa Barbara and the Unincorporated Area of South County.
The county said a death is considered to be coronavirus-related when the health department receives a death certificate that lists COVID-19 as the cause of death or a significant contributing factor in the death. The process can sometimes take several weeks to verify.