The Information You Need to Know
Shasta, Lassen and Modoc are all in the Purple Tier. There are 54 counties in the state in this most restrictive tier.

The East Region of Shasta County now has 384 cumulative cases, an increase of 73 over the last 7 days.


The adjusted case rate for Shasta County is 41.0 daily cases per 100,000 residents, exceeding the purple tier limit of 7.0. The positivity rate decreased from 10.5% to 8.4%. You can find this data and more at www.ShastaReady.org; click “Data and Statistics.”

As of December 22 there have been 7416 cases in Shasta County total. There are 57 hospitalized, with of those in 7 ICU. There have been 109,350 tests performed in Shasta County total.

Message from Shasta County: Celebrate the season safely with your loved ones. Find ideas for safer celebrations at www.ShastaReady.org. Let’s stay apart this year so we can be together for years to come.


Visit our website for detailed information. Mayers COVID Information

This community newsletter and will be published weekly on Wednesdays or more often if necessary.
Regional ICU Bed Availability

Northern Region - 29.5%
Greater Sacramento - 5.7%
Bay Area - 13.5%
San Joaquin Valley - 0%
Southern California - 0%
WHAT ABOUT VACCINATIONS?
We continue to get a lot of calls and questions about the COVID vaccine and its availability. We appreciate the questions and will relay information as soon as we have it. As of this week we have picked up 100 of our allotted first round 125 doses to be administered to healthcare workers. MMHD is also in the process of finalizing a program to provide our skilled nursing residents with vaccines. Consent forms to family point of contacts are being sent.

Since it will take several months to produce enough vaccinations for the U.S. population, the COVID-19 Vaccination Program requires a phased approach. Currently, Phase 1 prioritizes vaccines for acute care facilities and long-term health care facilities.
Shasta County Public Health is developing a “Vaccine Tree” for ShastaReady.org that will indicate when additional phases open up. It will include information on where/how each tier can get vaccinated.

Stay tuned, and thank you for your interest in protecting our community with vaccination. Regular updates will be featured in this weekly publication.

This is an interesting article with more information form Action News 24. Click Here




For county level data, access the COVID-19 Public Dashboard.  
For skilled nursing facility data, visit Skilled Nursing Facilities: COVID-19.




COVID UPDATE ARCHIVES



Will I still need to wear a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? 

Yes. How much protection the COVID-19 vaccines provide under real-life conditions is still unknown. It is important for everyone to continue using all the tools available to us to help stop this pandemic, like:


Together, COVID-19 vaccination and recommendations for how to protect yourself and others will offer the best protection from getting and spreading COVID-19. We need to understand more about the protection that COVID-19 vaccines provide before we change recommendations on mask use.


It Has Been a Stressful Year

Life can be stressful, but you deserve to relax and enjoy some time to yourself. Here's a great article that may help. 15 Days to Refresh and Reset. It is filled with activities you can do to refresh and reset your physical and mental wellbeing!
Do you have unanswered questions?
Call 211 for frequently asked questions about coronavirus, or email COVID19@co.shasta.ca.us. 

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