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Home My WebLink About4a. COVID-19 Updates and DataCOVID-19 Update April 6, 2021 Brandon Scott Bennett, Public Health Officer/Code Compliance Director Tarrant County COVID-19 Statistics Metric Last Council Presentation (03/23/21) Today’s Presentation (04/06/21) Percentage (Inc./Dec) Total Number of Cases 249,007 250,869 +1% New Cases -7 Day Total 1,773 1,190 -33% Deaths 3,209 3,290 +3% Vaccine –1st Shot 339,054 (16%)388,614 (18%)*+15% Fully Vaccinated 171,153 (8%)198,000 (9%)*+16% •Vaccine information updated every Wednesday (above information from 03/31/21) •Percentage of Tarrant County residents who have received the vaccine Global Confirmed: 129,118,946 Global Deaths: 2,819,809 Source: John’s Hopkins University (4/1/21) U.S. Confirmed: 30,470,721 U.S. Deaths: 552,335 Source: John’s Hopkins University (4/1/21) 2 Tarrant County Hospitals 3 COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased by 41% over the last two weeks. City of Fort Worth’s Role in Vaccines •Fill in the gaps –matching available resources to needs •Focusing on neighborhood level vaccination sites to interact with hard to reach and vulnerable populations, including the •Homebound •Homeless •Supporting private and public sector vaccination efforts •Convening stakeholders and setting up forums for discussion to allow for better collaboration and less duplication of efforts •Educating and vaccinating the City of Fort Worth workforce so we can continue providing services to the public in a safe manner 4 COVID-19 Current Risk Status 5 Key Public Health Metrics Are We Meeting Objective Reproduction Number (R Naught) Less Than 1.0 Yes Sustained or declining virus numbers over 14 days Yes 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 COVID Vaccine Registration Statistics 6 •Everyone 16 years old and older is eligible •16/17 year olds are only eligible for the Pfizer vaccine •863,951 people registered with TCPH as of March 31st •541,416 Tarrant County Residents (63%) •322,535 Out of County Residents (37%) COVID Vaccine Administered 7 581,842 Total Doses Administered •541,500 Tarrant County Residents (93%) •40,342 Out of County Residents (7%) •223,450 Administered by Tarrant County Public Health •358,392 Administered by Other Providers Vaccination Operations •Operations continue to maximize all available weekly allocations of vaccines •Working with Tarrant County to transition vaccine operations at Bolen and Farrington Field to be fully staffed by City of Fort Worth •Will maximize Bolen and Farrington sites –administer 40,000 weekly •Move citizens through the lines in an efficient and quick way, less than 15 minutes from beginning to end, before adding in the observation piece •Focus on getting residents on a registration list! •Residents are reminded to sign-up with multiple providers, including private providers (e.g., pharmacies, doctor’s offices) 8 Vaccination Operations continued •Continue to layer in neighborhood and pop-up clinics with MedStar •Continue to coordinate with City of Burleson to vaccinate through special operations (e.g., homebound, senior living facilities) •Ebenezer Missionary Church continues to offer vaccine in the Stop Six area •Completing application for City to be an independent provider to increase potential for neighborhood and small-scale, local vaccination events –Johnson & Johnson only •Locate vaccine providers at: https://vaccinefinder.org/ 9 Meals on Wheels -Homebound Individuals •400 homebound individuals identified through Meals on Wheels program as needing assistance getting the COVID vaccine •Partnership with Kroger Health and City of Burleson to provide vaccine •Johnson and Johnson -1 dose vaccine •Administered by FW Fire Department 10 Long-Term Care Facilities •Approximately 50 long-term care facilities still need vaccinations, including residents and staff •Texas Military Forces will vaccinate remaining long-term care facilities •Calling facilities first to get an accurate number of those in need of the vaccination •Will use information to create and implement a vaccination plan 11 Community Outreach & Education •Continue to educate communities about the COVID- 19 vaccination with targeted messages to ensure we are truly addressing concerns and hesitations •Use trusted spaces and trusted voices within communities to target and help in the delivery of outreach efforts •Partner with council members and other stakeholders to create vaccine education opportunities in each council district •City of Fort Worth is celebrating April as COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Awareness Month •Increase efforts to education the community •Outreach efforts focused on City of Fort Worth Employees •Focus on getting residents on a vaccination list! 12 Hiring –Temporary/Part-Time support for vaccine sites -Admin Support & Medical Technicians MEDICAL TECHNICIAN •Hiring up to 100 part-time medical technicians to provide vaccine shots MEDICAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED •Pay is $20 per hour. •Up to 10 months. •20 –40 hours a week. •Position is currently posted on city’s website. VACCINE SITE ASSISTANT •Hiring up to 100 part-time vaccine site assistants to staff community clinics. These are administrative positions and will not administer vaccines. •Pay is $15 per hour. •Up to 10 months. •20 –40 hours a week. •Fluent in Spanish preferred. •Position is currently posted on city’s website. Thank you and please remember to keep wearing your masks and practicing social distancing!