HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.28.22 For Immediate Release_ Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard to Receive Updates (2)
From:Almaguer, Lisa
To:BOS; Cox, Erin; McSpadden, Elaine; Nicholas, Jodi; Putnam, Jodi; Soderstrom, Monica; Star, Nanette
Cc:York, Danette
Subject:For Immediate Release: Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard to Receive Updates
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 8:26:25 AM
The following press release will be issued this morning…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2022
Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard to Receive Updates
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – Butte County Public Health (BCPH) will make significant changes to
the Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard (tinyurl.com/2p92kddm) today. With a greater
understanding of COVID-19 transmission and the effectiveness of control measures
including vaccination, masking, ventilation, and treatment, the need for daily updates on
case numbers has diminished. Additionally, more county level information is now available
from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). The changes made today will continue to provide Butte
residents a way to track local trends and variant data that are not otherwise available in the
same or similar format on CDPH and CDC websites.
The dashboard will now be updated two times a week, on Monday and Thursday
afternoons by 4 pm (excluding holidays).
Current COVID-19 case numbers do not include most home antigen test results nor do they
account for persons with COVID-19 who choose not to test. This means the number of
cases reported is expected to be significantly under-reported. However, tracking those that
are reported cases allows BCPH to monitor overall trends, providing important information
about our community’s health.
Notable changes to the dashboard include the removal of the following data points:
Number of people in isolation
Number of people released from isolation
Vaccine status of confirmed cases, including deaths. The CDPH COVID tracker
website (https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/) shows cases, hospitalizations,
and deaths by vaccination status. A link to the state will be added to the dashboard.
Cases by county regions – all regions of the county have experienced community
spread of COVID-19
Important COVID-19 Data related links:
Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard: tinyurl.com/2p92kddm
CDPH COVID-19 Dashboard: https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/
CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/
In an effort to provide the most accurate data for Butte County, regular data reviews will be
performed to adjust for any needed data corrections.
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Lisa Almaguer
Communications Manager / PIO
BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
202 Mira Loma Drive | Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.4000 | D: 530.552.4041 | |
COVID-19 Call Center: 530.552.3050 Open 8 am-4:30 pm, M-F
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