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From:Pickett, Andy
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;
McCracken, Shari;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;
Teeter, Doug
Subject:COVID Status
Date:Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:25:15 PM
Attachments:2020-1201 Weekly.docx
Good evening,
Here is the current status with COVID 19 issues.
Andy
Máximo A. Pickett
Chief Administrative Officer
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
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December 1, 2020 Public Health Weekly Briefing Points
Butte County COVID-19 Numbers and Data
See COVID-19 Dashboard
Purple Tier
Butte County remains in the purple tier. The State only has about six counties that are NOT in purple at
this point. Case numbers continue to increase statewide and in Butte County.
State Considering Shut Down:
Public Health has no details but has been made aware that the Governor is considering another full
“shut down” for a few weeks to try to stop the spread.
Input provided by Public Health and County associations on lessons learned from the first shut
down:
o Should not mandate small business closures if big box stores are allowed to remain open,
transmission still occurs and hurts our small businesses/local economies
o Enforcement continues to be a huge issue – no enforcement equals non-compliance and
further spread
No guarantee that the input will be included if another shut down is rolled out
Therapeutics
The therapeutics continue to be distributed in small amounts to local hospitals
Testing
OptumServe continues to be fully booked but apparently are having several “no-shows” per day. Public
Health will work with them and ask to start taking walk-ins again to offset the no-shows.
Vaccine Planning
Vaccine planning at the state level and at the local level continues. The first allocation of vaccine will go
for Health Care Workers (HCWs) and then to long term care facility residents. Public Health anticipates
the initial allocation to Butte County to be fairly small.