Three Mass Vaccination Sites Opening in San Francisco; Oakland s RingCentral Coliseum to Also Become Vaccination Site
With Bay Area ICU capacities now commonly sitting at single-digit percentages, the news of mass vaccination sites soon opening up across the region is a welcome update and the three planned sites in San Francisco could collectively inoculate thousands a day.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) shows the most recent ICU capacity for the Bay Area a region consisting of eleven separate counties, each with their own initial ICU capacity percentages are at 3.4%. (That s low, yes. but not as abysmal as the 0.7% figure we saw earlier this week.) But respite from dwindling hospital beds is in the near future as San Francisco and Oakland begin to open large vaccination sites.
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There have been 2,897,114 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 32,544 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University. (Shutterstock)
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 1,608 additional coronavirus cases Friday.
The latest report brings the countywide case count to 89,983.
The county reported 12 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Friday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 1,040.
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There were 638 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the county as of Friday of which 150 were being treated in intensive care units.
Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, state officials have launched an online hub intended for school staff and parents to find guidance and resources on the state s planned resumption of in-person classes, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday.
The Oakland Coliseum could become a mass coronavirus vaccination site as soon as February following Friday s meeting of the governing joint-powers authority that oversees the property.
The Oakland Coliseum could become a mass coronavirus vaccination site as soon as February following Friday's meeting of the governing joint-powers authority that oversees the property.
Proposal to use Oakland Coliseum as vaccination site advances
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The Oakland Coliseum could become a massive coronavirus vaccination site possibly as soon as February.
The commission that governs the complex agreed to form a task force Friday that will determine the details of how and when vaccines can be distributed at the Coliseum.
Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval said during the meeting of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority that the venue could be ready for vaccinations by February, and possibly sooner. style= margin-bottom: 20px >The commission has received several requests from health care providers to work on plans to use the expansive, 155-acre complex as a large vaccine site, the Coliseum Authority’s Executive Director Henry Gardner said.