SACRAMENTO, Calif. — ABC10 is following the latest coronavirus statistics and vaccine news for the Sacramento region and the state of California.
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California has administered 12 million COVID vaccines
California has now administered more than 12 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Office of the Governor of California in a tweet.
"We have the most robust vaccination program in America and together with our local partners, we will continue to accelerate safe & equitable vaccinations," the governor's office said in the tweet.
Officials said nearly one in four Californians 16 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
UC Davis study finds ICE detainees at major risk of COVID infection
Immigrants imprisoned by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “face underlying health conditions and often have chronic illnesses that would expose them to greater risk with COVID-19”, according to a new study from UC Davis.
“The research is clear: immigration detention is not only unnecessary for facilitating a just immigration system, but also causes extensive harm to detained people, perhaps especially to those facing chronic health conditions,” said the study’s lead author, Caitlin Patler, professor of sociology. “This is particularly alarming in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government must act quickly to permanently reduce reliance on this overly punitive and systematically unjust practice.”
The study, published in early March 2021 in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, cites the May 2020 death of Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, the first person in ICE custody to die from COVID-19.
Latest COVID statistics in California
On Monday, the state of California announced a state total of 3,528,795 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
California reported 95 new deaths from COVID, bringing the total to more than 55,330 since the start of the pandemic. The state reported at least 12,172,948 vaccine doses had been administered to Californians.
More than 51 million COVID tests have been administered to date, with test positivity dipping below 2% at 1.9% as of March 15, 2020.
Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus
Bogus claims about the coronavirus have exploded since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic a year ago, and much of the job of correcting misinformation has fallen to the world’s front-line medical workers.
In Germany, a video clip showing a nurse using an empty syringe while practicing vaccinations was spread to suggest COVID-19 is fake.
In Bolivia, medical workers had to care for five people who ingested toxic bleach touted as a COVID-19 cure.
Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan says one man stormed out of the hospital after a positive COVID-19 test, refusing to believe it was accurate.
US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks
Prison guards are refusing coronavirus vaccines at alarming rates. That's causing some public health experts to worry about the prospect of controlling the pandemic both inside and outside of prison.
Infection rates in prisons are more than four times as high as in the general public.
Prison staff helped accelerate outbreaks by refusing to wear masks, downplaying people’s symptoms, and haphazardly enforcing social distancing and hygiene protocols in confined, poorly ventilated spaces ripe for viral spread.
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group about whether they'd take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered. More than half said, “Hell no.”
Resources guide for California families
- San Joaquin County Help: A Resource Guide for Struggling Families and Individuals
- Yolo County Help: A Resource Guide for Struggling Families and Individuals
- Stanislaus County Help: A Resource Guide for Struggling Families and Individuals
- Sacramento County Help: A Resource Guide for Struggling Families and Individuals
- Where to find help in Placer County: A resource guide for struggling individuals and families
- Northern California Help: A resource guide for struggling Families and individuals
