News of the week Locally, COVID cases have jumped slightly. The county recorded 352 active cases as of Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 35 more than last week. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the United States, […]
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COVID Dashboard: Neighboring counties fall to ‘moderate’ transmission tier
News of the week Locally, COVID cases have continued to decline. The county recorded 317 active cases as of Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 38 fewer than last week. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country, […]
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COVID Dashboard: Winter surge fading in Bay Area, across country
News of the week Locally, COVID cases have continued to decline. The county recorded 355 active cases as of Tuesday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 20 fewer than last week. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Local health officials told Lookout last […]
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COVID Dashboard: ‘Tripledemic’ waning, booster uptake still low — but above both state, national levels
COVID isn’t the only thing surging, as flu and RSV continue to make the rounds in Santa Cruz County. Those infections,…
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COVID Dashboard: Cases drop, but transmission level still high as Oakland reinstates partial mask mandate
News of the week Locally, COVID cases have declined over the past two weeks. The county recorded 801 active cases as of Tuesday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 351 fewer than the previous update Dec. 15. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. […]
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COVID Dashboard: COVID still surging, but flu proving to be a formidable rival
News of the week Santa Cruz County public health officials did not release an update Monday, though they did provide new data last Thursday. In that update, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency recorded 1,152 active COVID-19 cases; that’s 38 more than the previous Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s […]
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COVID Dashboard: CDC data shows high community transmission in SC County, but mask mandate unlikely
News of the week Locally, COVID cases jumped substantially over the past week. The county recorded 1,114 active cases as of Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 272 more than last Monday, a 32% weekly increase in cases. One new death was reported locally, raising the county’s pandemic death toll […]
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COVID Dashboard: COVID cases jump nearly 40% as RSV and flu cause more misery
News of the week Locally, COVID cases jumped over the past week following a dip in the previous week. The county recorded 842 active cases as of Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. That’s 235 more than last Monday and a 38% increase in cases over the previous week. No new […]
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COVID Dashboard: Stanford begins long COVID study
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available at local drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: RSV, COVID, flu hitting Bay Area hospitals hard
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available at local drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]