Week in review: Rate of SJ COVID deaths far surpasses flu; recognition and changes for beloved Stockton eateries
COVID-19 has killed more people in San Joaquin County since March than the flu has over the past 10 years combined.
More than 700 San Joaquin County residents have died from the coronavirus since the pandemic began, while county public health data show the flu killed just under 100 people from 2010 to 2020. It s a much more striking disease, Park said. People get more severely ill with the COVID than they do the flu.
While the true death rate of COVID-19 won t be known for some time, estimates of the virus mortality ratio can range from 1% to 2% of those who have been infected or as high as twice that, Park said. The World Health Organization says the crude mortality rate of COVID-19 is about 3% to 4%.
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Substitute teachers are in high demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
One teacher being out due to illness of any sort can cause a domino effect, according to Ripon Unified Superintendent Ziggy Robeson.
“We do have a healthy substitute teachers pool and we always welcome more help,” she said at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
There are still challenges for RUSD as well as other school districts, including trying to find a substitute available for two straight weeks to 10 days.