The latest bullshit from the county I live in.
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE
March 27, 2021, 3:22 p.m.
COUNTY'S CORONAVIRUS CASES HOLDING STEADY — AND WHY THAT'S A GOOD THING
Monterey County residents had 156 new cases of coronavirus this week, almost the same as the 159 cases during the week that ended March 20, according to the latest data from the
Monterey County health department.
The numbers show that we are in the statistical trough that was bound to follow the dreadful winter surge that peaked in the county at more than 4,000 cases a week in early January and then declined rapidly over the next two months. Since March 1, the number of new cases in Monterey County has held steady at about 22.5 new cases per day. Also worth noting is that the county's daily average of new cases per day per 100,000 residents stands at 4.9 — a number that continues to make it likely the county will qualify to move into the
Orange Tier as early as April 7.(Right...until the politicians move the goalposts again. Newsom is trying to get the state back to normal in time for the people to forget about everything that's happened before the recall election. Guess again, dumbass. - JS)
This week's 156 coronavirus cases in Monterey County included 36 in the Monterey Peninsula. There were none in Big Sur, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pebble Beach, two in Carmel area (93923), four in Carmel Valley and Pacific Grove, seven in Marina, eight in Monterey and 10 in Seaside. One case was not attributed to any specific location. In early January, new infections in the Monterey Peninsula reached a peak of almost 600 per week.
Whether the current trough foretells the beginning of another surge or the end of the epidemic is unknown, though the flood of vaccine in the country makes it seem likely that any new surge will be small, if it comes at all.
According to the CDC, this week there were an average of 2.7 million doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines administered each day in the United States, while
the CDPH says 370,000 shots were given each day in California, and in Monterey County residents received shots at a rate of almost 4,200 per day. Those are very impressive numbers, especially compared to
what is going on in the rest of the world.(I don't give a fuck. STILL not getting ANY vaccine. - JS)
Don't forget that on April 1 vaccine eligibility expands in California to include everyone over the age of 50. For the latest information about vaccine availability and registration in Monterey County, click
here.