Coronavirus in Shasta County: How many vaccinated people died, were hospitalized since August?

Jessica Skropanic, Redding Record Searchlight
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COVID-19 case numbers are dropping a bit in November in Shasta County, possibly signaling the beginning of the end of a surge in an outbreak that started in mid-August.

The Shasta County Public Health branch reported unusually high numbers of COVID-19 deaths last week after investigating fatalities that happened earlier in the fall.

Here are daily COVID-19 updates with new cases, hospitalization numbers, vaccination percentages and deaths reported.

Scroll down for updates this week, Nov. 8-12, 2021. For updated case numbers and data, scroll below daily updates.

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Friday: Here's how many vaccinated people died, were hospitalized since August

Three men and a woman are the latest COVID-19 fatalities reported by Shasta County Public Health.

The men in their 40s, 50s and 60s. The woman was in her 80s.

Public Health said it confirmed 42 COVID-19 deaths in November — 22 of which the agency reported this week. As of Friday, 406 Shasta County residents died of coronavirus since March 2020.

Since mid-August, about 11% of Shasta County residents who died from COVID-19 were fully vaccinated — meaning they had the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine or both of the 2-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccine series.

About 10.5% of those hospitalized with the virus were fully vaccinated.

Comparison of vaccinated versus unvaccinated coronavirus patients in Shasta County hospitals with the disease, and those who died from it, spanning the three months from Aug. 10 to Nov. 10, 2021.
Comparison of vaccinated versus unvaccinated coronavirus patients in Shasta County hospitals with the disease, and those who died from it, spanning the three months from Aug. 10 to Nov. 10, 2021.

This week, the Shasta County Public Health branch released information on the latest vaccination numbers, tallied through Wednesday.

  • 52.6% of Shasta County residents are fully vaccinated. That's up from 52% last week.

  • About 8% of the county's population had one dose of the 2-dose Moderna or Pfizer series. That's down from 8.1% last week.

  • 60.6% of Shasta County residents had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That's up from 60.1% last week.

For more information, to get vaccinated or tested, or to schedule a booster shot or third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, go to Shasta County's COVID-19 website at https://bit.ly/3GLFoFo or call (833) 422-4255 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

Wednesday: 7 more die; Shasta County coronavirus deaths exceed 400

As of Wednesday, 402 Shasta County residents died from COVID-19, according to Public Health.

That total includes seven people whose deaths Public ealth were reported Wednesday afternoon. They were:

  • A man in his 50s

  • Two men in their 60s

  • Three men in their 70s

  • A woman in her 80s

Thus far in November, Public Health confirmed and reported 38 COVID-19 deaths in Shasta County.

Tuesday: 4 men die of COVID-19; hospitalizations drop

Another four people in Shasta County died of COVID-19, according to Public Health, pushing the total number of coronavirus fatalities to 395 since March 2020.

Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency announced those who died were:

  • A man in his 50s

  • Two men in their 60s

  • A man in his 70s

Thus far in November, HHSA confirmed 31 deaths caused by COVID-19: 16 women and 15 men. They were all in their 40s or older.

The good news on Tuesday was Shasta County COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to 58 patients. That's the lowest number since Oct. 23 — a period in mid-October when hospitals experienced a significant but temporary dip in coronavirus patient numbers.

More good news: The number of hospitalized people sick enough from COVID-19 to land in an intensive care unit dropped to eight — the lowest number since Oct. 15.

Monday: 5 women, 2 men die of virus

On Monday, Public Health confirmed COVID-19 killed another seven people in Shasta County.

They were:

  • A woman in her 50s

  • A woman and two men in their 60s

  • A woman in her 70s

  • Two women in their 80s

Their deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 391, according to Shasta County Public Health.

Also on Monday, the state's public health agency released case numbers and other data for the week of Nov. 1 through Sunday.

  • There were 457 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 — about 254 cases per 100,000 Shasta County residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers 100 or more a high outbreak of the virus.

  • The 7-day test positivity rate — the percentage of coronavirus tests that come back positive from labs — was 4.8%.

  • The average number of people sick enough with COVID-19 to be in North State hospitals was 65 to 66 per day. That number dropped from the 70s in late October.

  • There were 29 COVID-19 deaths reported to Public Health last week. Thus far, Shasta County Public Health confirmed 27 of those deaths were due to COVID-19, compared to 22 deaths during the first week of October.

COVID-19 numbers in Shasta County

Here are daily case, hospitalization and other numbers reported Friday by Public Health.

Total case numbers were adjusted Wednesdays to account for any duplications in the count.

Public Health didn't send a COVID-19 update on Veterans Day. The following data includes Thursday's new cases.

  • New cases: 167

  • Total cases since March 2020: 21,693 (11,658 women, 9,924 men)

  • New deaths reported: Four

  • Total deaths: 406

  • Hospitalized: 50 — nine in intensive care units

  • Active cases: 334

New cases by age group:

  • Ages 0-12: 18

  • Ages 13-19: 20

  • Ages 20-29: 21

  • Ages 30-39: 30

  • Ages 40-49: 14

  • Ages 50-59: 18

  • Ages 60-69: 23

  • Ages 70-79: Eight

  • Ages 80-89: Eight

  • Age 90 and older: Five

  • Age not reported: Two

Coronavirus vaccines: What you need to know about booster shots in Shasta County

Vaccinations in Shasta County

Here are the numbers of people vaccinated and unvaccinated who were hospitalized due to COVID and those who died from the virus — tallied over the three-month period from Aug. 10 and Wednesday, according to Public Health:

  • Fully vaccinated residents: 79,699

  • Unvaccinated residents: 71,934

  • Hospitalized patients: 442. Of those, 42 were vaccinated.

  • Residents who died of COVID-19: 155. Of those, 14 were vaccinated.

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This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Coronavirus: How many who died, were hospitalized were vaccinated?