By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
March 2, 2021
| 6:32 p.m.
While the COVID-19 vaccine supply has been limited in Santa Barbara County and statewide, larger amounts of vaccine doses have started to make their way to the county.
The county received a 22% increase in first doses compared to last week’s allocation, Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
As of Tuesday, the county has been allocated and received 99,220 doses of the vaccine, according to the county s Community Data Dashboard.
Do-Reynoso said Sunday that the county is receiving about 14,000 doses this week, which is a big boost from the 6,000-per-week amount the county was reporting in January and part of February.
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A mobile COVID-19 testing site moved to Waller Park in Santa Maria. Free appointments are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. (KEYT.com photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
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To expand COVID-19 testing access for residents across Santa Barbara County, the Public Health Department moved its mobile testing unit to Santa Maria and will be holding a walk-in pop-up testing site in Santa Barbara on Wednesday.
The mobile testing unit, which can test 500 people per day, moved from Santa Barbara to Lompoc and now to Waller Park Baseball Field in Santa Maria, located at 300 Goodwin Road.