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San Joaquin County Reports Major Drop in COVID Hospitalizations

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The San Joaquin County Emergency Medical Services Agency reported a 38.6% drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last week.

As of Tuesday, just 35 coronavirus patients were being treated in county hospitals, officials said. That's a marked decrease from the more than 350 COVID-19 hospitalizations during the peak of the winter surge.

As of now, the county's adult intensive care units are operating at 107% of licensed bed capacity, with one reported death due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

The county agency is urging residents to immediately seek help in a medical emergency, and if they are feeling sick, to stay away from individuals outside of their households. Officials are also strongly encouraging more residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations in San Joaquin County still lags behind much of the rest of California. Just over 36% of county residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 23% are fully vaccinated.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 72,000 people in the largely agricultural county have contracted the virus and 1,346 have died from it. The country's large Latino population has been disproportionately impacted.

Matthew Green and Bay City News

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