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By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue  August 3, 2021 | 9:02 p.m. The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department plans to issue a new health officer order on Wednesday mandating universal masking indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, as the spread of the Delta variant causes an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the county. The health order will go into effect on Friday.  Public Health does not plan to send out additional information about the order until it is finalized and posted, but Santa Barbara County’s RISE program alerted members...

That means more than five out of every 100 people who get tested have a positive result. Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said the county and its community partners are finding one-on-one conversations to be the most effective way to convince people to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Many people who have not been vaccinated yet have concerns about the safety of the vaccines or have been too busy to get one, public health officials said, while others are categorically against vaccination.  (Screenshot via Santa Barbara County Public Health Department COVID-19 Briefing) “As you can see, ou...

By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue  July 27, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. Santa Barbara County Public Health officials reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, driving the total number of active cases (people still considered to be infectious) up to 342. There have been 432 new cases reported over the last seven days, averaging close to 62 new cases per day. This is a roughly 70% increase from the week prior when the county was averaging just over 36 new cases per day, according to data tracking done by Noozhawk. Public health officials said the local case rate (...

The first or second dose will be offered at the clinic, Cottage Health said. For first shots administered after July 8, the second dose can be completed by another provider following the recommended three-week interval between doses, according to Cottage Health. People can find a COVID-19 vaccine provider on the county website, publichealthsbc.org/vaccine, or at myturn.ca.gov. Some facilities offer walk-ups as well as appointments. Vaccination Requirements for State Employees and Healthcare Workers California officials on Monday announced that the state will require “all state workers a...

Of the patients hospitalized on Tuesday, six were in intensive care units.  There was one COVID-19-related death reported in the Lompoc area on Monday. The person was in the 50-69 age range.  The county’s cumulative COVID-19 death toll was 459 as of Tuesday. As of Monday, 51.4% of the county’s entire population was fully vaccinated against the virus, and almost 61% of the county’s eligible population (those over the age of 12) was fully vaccinated, according to the county’s Community Data Dashboard. Beginning Aug. 1, the California Department of Public Health will assist Santa Barba...