4 Thursday, March 4, 2021
COVID UPDATE
Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
Mobile Covid-19 testing unit moves to Carpinteria
Starting this week, Santa Barbara County’s mobile Covid-19 testing unit will be available to support the expansion of testing in the Carpinteria community. The mobile testing unit will be located at Procore in Carpinteria at 6267 Carpinteria Ave. This test site will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday for a minimum of two weeks and available to all community members. To request an appointment, visit lhi. care/covidtesting. If you need assistance registering, call 2-1-1. “We are happy to report the mobile testing site will now be supporting our South County Region with an additional testing opportunity in the city of Carpinteria,” said Van Do-Reynoso, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director. “We are working our way together and continuing to decrease positive cases. Testing is such an important piece in slowing the spread of the virus as well as a critical metric used to reopening our community. Testing is a solid strategy in helping us to reopen schools and local businesses, allow sports to play again and allow indoor dining.” For additional updates about testing, visit publichealth.org/testing or call 2-1-1 for information and testing appointment registration assistance.
New first dose vaccine appointments available
Covid-19 cases continue downward trend, nearly 100,000 vaccine doses received
Cases of Covid-19 in Santa Barbara County remain very high but have decreased over the past two weeks. The daily 14-day average per 100,000 people that reached 102 in mid-January is now around 19, down from 24 last week, according to the New York Times. There have also been 26% less hospitalizations in the past 14 days, according to the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health. As of Feb. 27, the county had received 99,220 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and had administered (including CVS and Walgreens) 94,874 to Santa Barbara County residents. On Feb. 27, 7.4% of Santa Barbara County residents had been fully vaccinated with both their first and second dose. Santa Barbara County has now reported 32,087 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 416 deaths since the start of the pandemic. In the South County communities of Carpinteria, Montecito and Summerland there have been 1,282 confirmed cases and 19 deaths. In the city of Santa Barbara, there have been 5,972 cases and 93 deaths. For more information, visit publichealthsbc.org.
Earl Warren Showgrounds
RENOVATION PROJECT
NEEDS YOU!
Since 2000 we have had over 20 natural disasters and mandatory evacuations. Earl Warren has provided a base for first responders, evacuation victims and animal rescue. Our goal is to restore the fairgrounds to the world class community / equestrian event center that it is intended to be.
YOU CAN HELP BY MAKING A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY! Please Make checks payable to SB Equine Earl Warren Restoriation Project PO Box 60535, Santa Barbara, CA 93160 or Venmo: SBEquine-Evac Team
With the arrival of additional vaccine supply, first dose vaccine appointments will now be available at Public Health vaccination sites. These appointments will be open to local Santa Barbara County residents who are emergency services workers, grocery workers and Phase 1A health care workers. Special outreach for separate clinics for educators, childcare workers and workers in the agricultural/food industry are also taking place at clinics next week. Approximately 2,800 total first dose appointments will be available at Public Health vaccination sites in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria. To learn more, visit publichealthsbc.org or call 2-1-1.
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Thank you
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