SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Newsom gave another update on COVID-19 in California just a day after the state received its first doses of the vaccine.
Newsom said the first 33,000 of 327,600 doses were delivered to four counties in the state, including San Diego. Another 24 counties will receive doses on Tuesday. Newsom also said he received good news on Monday night from Pfizer. California will receive another 393,900 vaccine doses next week bringing the total number of doses in California to 721,500.
The Moderna vaccine is expected by the end of December and California is slated to receive 672,000 doses of that particular vaccine.
The governor also gave a breakdown of who will receive the vaccine as part of the new “Vaccinate 58” campaign in California. The vaccinations will be issued in separate phases as well as separate tiers. Phase 1a will equal nearly 3 million doses while Phase 1b will be nearly 8 million doses.
Phase 1a Tier 1 will include:
- Acute care, psychiatric and correctional facility hospitals
- Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and similar settings for older or the medically vulnerable
- Paramedics, EMT’s and others providing emergency medical centers
- Dialysis centers
Phase 1a Tier 2 will include:
- Intermediate care facilities
- Home health care and in-home supportive services
- Community health workers
- Public health field staff
- Primary Care Clinics including federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, correctional facility clinics and urgent care clinics
Phase 1a Tier 3
- Specialty clinics
- Laboratory workers
- Dental/oral health clinics
- Pharmacy staff not working in settings of higher tiers
Phase 1b will include many more occupations including teachers, farmworkers and grocery store workers. Newsom said 8 million doses will be given out during this phase.
The governor also gave an updated regional ICU capacity breakdown.
- Bay Area - 15.8%
- Greater Sacramento -14.9%
- Northern California – 29.8%
- San Joaquin Valley – 1.6%
- Southern California - 1.7%
When it comes to quarantining, the governor has changed the guidelines. New quarantine guidelines include a 10-day quarantine for all asymptomatic individuals. During critical staffing shortages, the quarantine is 7-days for exposed healthcare, emergency response and select social service workers only if a negative test is given on day five or later.
Watch the full press conference here:
