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COVID-19 PresentationCOVID-19 Update August 3, 2021 Brandon Scott Bennett, Public Health Officer/Code Compliance Director Veer Vithalani, EMS Medical Director & Emergency Physician Tarrant County COVID-19 Statistics Metric Last Council Presentation (06/08/21) Today’s Presentation (08/03/21) Percentage (Inc./Dec) Total Number of Cases 261,262 274,248 +5% New Cases -7 Day Total 481 3,799 +690% Deaths 3,526 3,653 +4% Vaccine –1st Shot 652,325 (31%)951,081 (45%)*+46% Fully Vaccinated 543,928 (26%)839,257 (39%)*+54% *Vaccine information updated every Wednesday (above information from 07/28/21) *Percentage of Tarrant County residents who have received the vaccine Global Confirmed: 198,571,393 Global Deaths: 4,228,695 Source: John’s Hopkins University (08/02/21) U.S. Confirmed: 35,020,438 U.S. Deaths: 613,254 Source: John’s Hopkins University (08/02/21) 2 COVID-19 Current Risk Status Key Public Health Metrics Are We Meeting Objective Reproduction Number (R Naught) Less Than 1.0 No Sustained or declining virus numbers over 14 days No Sufficient/available hospital beds/resources Yes Widely available viral testing and lab capacity Yes Effective Contact Tracing to contain viral spread Yes Available Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Yes COVID-19 Vaccines Yes 3 COVID-19 Hospitalizations 4 •Sustained increase in virus numbers over the past 14 days •Current spike in hospitalizations exceed April/May 2020 numbers •Hospitals reporting 99%+ unvaccinated patients and patients are younger and relatively healthy before infection Hospitalizations increasing Quickly COVID-19 Hospital Status 5 •Staffing Challenges •Volume Challenges •Limited Bed Availability across region •Fatigue City of Fort Worth Vaccination Strategy 6 •City of Fort Worth continues to provide vaccinations •Focused on neighborhood and City of Fort Worth employee access •Bob Bolen facility continues as static site •Roving team sites continue •Working with all City of Fort Worth departments to ensure that employees are aware of vaccination opportunities •Need help? 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Call 817- 392-8478 or COVID19@FortWorthTexas.gov •COVID-19 returning to a traditional healthcare strategy Scan QR Code COVID-19 Trusted Resources for Information 7 •Talk with your personal doctor •Telemedicine (No Cost) set-up by local hospitals and healthcare systems •Published material from Texas Health Resources, Baylor, Scott and White, Medical City, Cook’s, JPS and other local systems •Resources made available on the City’s, County’s, CDC and other websites https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/covid-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Strategies •Weekly messages focused on the most timely and important topic: •Onset of the Delta variant, get vaccinated as they are free and plentiful locations •Testing availability/locations •Increase in COVID cases/Risk is still high for unvaccinated persons •Back to school, get vaccinated •Focused on vaccine access and ease •Utilizing all City of Fort Worth departments to assist with COVID-19 outreach and messaging 8 COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Strategies continued •External Messaging •City News •Social media •City website •Neighborhood Associations •NextDoor •Hyper-local targeting •Faith-based groups •City departmental social media pages •Influencers •Video messaging with key stakeholders •Door decals with reminders about vaccinating and answering COVID-19 questions 9 COVID Variants 10 •Genetic variants have been emerging and circulating throughout the COVID-19 pandemic •Viral mutations and variants in the United States are routinely monitored through sequence-based surveillance, laboratory studies, and epidemiological investigations •“Variant of Concern” Classification •Increased transmissibility •More severe disease (e.g. increased hospitalizations or death) •Significant reduction in neutralization by antibodies generated during previous infection or vaccination •Reduced effectiveness of treatments or vaccines •Diagnostic detection failures Delta Variant 11 •Considered a “Variant of Concern” •Increased transmissibility •~200x more infectious / ~1,000x higher viral load •Increased hospitalization (but not increased death) •Potential reduction in neutralization by some Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) monoclonal antibody treatments •Potential reduction in neutralization by post-vaccination in lab samples •In preliminary analysis, vaccines still highly effective against disease (88%) and hospitalization (96%) •Becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated CDC Guideline Updates for Vaccinated •Recommendation for masking indoors if in substantial or high transmission (Fort Worth/Tarrant County) •Especially important if immunocompromised or high-risk •Known exposures •Test at 3-5 days post-exposure •Wear a mask for 14-days or until negative result 12 COVID-19 & Children •Children very effective at transmitting COVID-19 to household & local community •Recent studies of outbreaks at camps where public health measures ignored •No vaccine for <12 •Upcoming school year: •AAP, CDC, TCPH all recommend mask-wearing while indoors for 2+ 13 Thank you!