Here's a view taken over the weekend from the Coastal Recreation Trail looking back into Monterey from Sand City. What a beautiful place we live!

If you want even more motivation to get outside, check out the Outdoor Bootcamp class at the Monterey Sports Center - available on the video page of the Monterey Sports Center Facebook page, and directly here:

CDC’s (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) home for COVID-19 data, the COVID Data Tracker, has a new homepage with updated tools and features. These improvements make it easier to find needed data to help protect yourself, your family, and your community.

Data are updated daily, and new features are added every week. This site provides an integrated, county view of key data for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It allows for the exploration of standardized data across the country. The footnotes describe each data source and the methods used for calculating the metrics.

For the most complete and up-to-date data for any particular county or state, visit the relevant health department website. Additional data and features are forthcoming. Watch the short video below for more information:

This article is a repeat from Friday - volunteers are needed! In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the County of Monterey is seeking Healthcare professionals and other healthy adults to meet the County's continued resource demands in critical areas of the COVID-19 emergency response efforts.

Thank you for your service during this unprecedented public health emergency. See a list of volunteer opportunities at https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/departments-a-h/human-resources/benefits/emergency-volunteers

Every day matters. Pandemic fatigue is real and has been with us for some time. We need to dig-in and together we will get through this momentous time sooner than later. Thank you for volunteering if you can.

Today, the Monterey County Health Department opened more scheduling of COVID-19 vaccination appointments for Phase 1A, Tiers 1-3: Healthcare Workers and law enforcement personnel that frequently respond to medical calls AND Phase 1B, Tier 1: Individuals 75 and older. Go to their registration page for details.

The Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) is also starting to schedule for the same tier groups. Vaccine supply is limited. For the current two-day clinic Feb. 4 and 5, they have a total of 1,020 appointments, and anticipate they will fill quickly. More clinics will be scheduled as vaccine becomes available.

These two clinics will be at Community Hospital from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days. Online registration opened at noon today, Monday, Feb. 1, and is first come, first served. To register, visit chomp.org/covidvaccine

More openings will continue as vaccine supply becomes more available, and we will be sure to post the information.

The County of Monterey receives both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. You will receive your doses dependent upon availability.

Pfizer EUA Fact Sheet: English and Spanish

Moderna EUA Fact Sheet: English and Spanish

Gathering virtually or with the people you live with is the safest way to celebrate the Super Bowl this year. If you do have a small gathering with people who don’t live with you, outdoors is safer than indoors. This year, choose a safer way to enjoy the game.

Monterey County does not report the number of cases on Mondays, so we do not have a 93940 update for today. (They report Tuesdays through Saturdays.)

Below are CHOMP's daily COVID-19 numbers and ICU capacity. Also posted at https://chomp.org/coronavirus. To see more data visit https://www.chomp.org/coronavirus/data

Have Your Say Monterey - the City's new public engagement portal:

Visit https://haveyoursaymonterey.org and register to have YOUR say!

Please note: Data refreshes Tuesday through Saturday

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