Numbers from Sunday and Monday, from Shasta County Health & Human Services.
COVID-19 INCIDENT UPDATE: March 16, 2021
Statistics from March 14 and 15, 2021
INCIDENT FACTS AND SUMMARY
Total Confirmed Cases: 11,158
Hospitalized in Shasta County: 8
In Isolation: 98 (estimate)
Active Cases: 106 (estimate)
Confirmed Cases Sunday and Monday: 0 Sunday, 21 Monday
Currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): 2
Available Regional ICU Capacity: 25.8%
Released from Isolation to Date: 10,858
Newly Received Negative Tests: 335
Number of Tests in the Past 14 Days (+ and -): 7,304
Total Tests: 168,564
Deaths: 194
CURRENT SITUATION
• We had 21 cases Sunday and Monday,
including 9 men and 12 women:
– 1 child under age 13
– 3 teenagers
– 5 people in their 20s
– 3 people in their 30s
– 1 person in their 40s
– 3 people in their 50s
– 2 people in their 60s
– 2 people in their 70s
– 1 person in their 80s
• We are sorry to report two deaths today. They were a man in his 70s and a man in his
80s.
• Shasta County remains in the red tier, and our case rate and positivity rate both dropped this week. Our adjusted case rate dropped from 5.9 to 5.0 daily cases per 100,000 residents. The unadjusted case rate is 5.1. Our positivity rate decreased from 2.5% to 2.0%. Let’s keep our numbers moving down! Please continue to use all the tools available to us – wear your mask in public, keep your distance, get tested regularly and get vaccinated when it’s your turn.
• VACCINE CLINICS: Several first- and second-dose clinics are available in the next few weeks in Shasta County. Learn more at www.ShastaReady.org – click on “Vaccinations.”
• Testing is quick, free and easy. You can sign up for an appointment at a state testing site, or just walk in. Options are outlined at www.ShastaReady.org – click on “Get tested.”
