Riverside County health officials say the move will open the vaccine’s eligibility to hundreds of thousands of residents. Those aged 16 or 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
“The expansion of eligibility will allow the last large group of adult residents of Riverside County to be vaccinated and will bring us one step closer to collective immunity,” said Kim Saruwatari, director of the Health System at the University of Riverside – Public Health, in a press release. “Taking the vaccine to a younger population, where we have seen an increase in cases, is a big step forward.”
Riverside County could switch to the less restrictive orange level as early as this week. The county has been in the red layer since March 16 and, in the previous five months, was in the most restrictive purple layer.
To make an appointment for one of Riverside County’s vaccination clinics, visit rivcoph.org/covid-19-vaccine.
Tracking the vaccine: California in numbers
Note: the data is updated until the evening of April 4. Some data sources delay up to a day.
Los angeles county
About 3.3 million people, or about 40% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated by April 3. About 1.8 million people, or 22%, have been fully vaccinated. In total, the municipality administered approximately 4.9 million doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered about 1.2 million doses of vaccine, an increase of 26% over the approximately 955,000 doses he administered two weeks earlier.
Orange county
About 1.1 million people, or approximately 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated by April 3. About 550,000 people, or 22%, have been fully vaccinated. In total, the municipality administered about 1.6 million doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered about 393,000 doses of vaccine, an increase of 29% over the approximately 304,000 doses administered two weeks earlier.
Riverside County
About 646,000 people, or approximately 35% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated by April 3. About 357,000 people, or 19%, have been fully vaccinated. In total, the county administered about 979,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered about 209,000 doses of vaccine, an increase of 12% over the approximately 188,000 doses administered two weeks earlier.
San Bernardino County
About 507,000 people, or approximately 31% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated by April 3. About 283,000 people, or 17%, have been fully vaccinated. In total, the county administered about 772,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered approximately 173,000 doses of vaccine, an increase of 19% over the approximately 146,000 doses administered two weeks earlier.
Ventura County
About 289,000 people, or approximately 43% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated by April 3. About 168,000 people, or 25%, have been fully vaccinated. In total, the county administered about 445,000 doses. In the past two weeks, he has administered about 107,000 doses of vaccine, an increase of 32% over the approximately 81,000 doses that he administered two weeks earlier.
Nationally and statewide
In the United States, according to CDC data, about 106.2 million people, or approximately 40.3% of the population over 16, were at least partially vaccinated on April 4. About 61.4 million people, or 23.3%, had been fully vaccinated. The same data shows that about 13.3 million people, or approximately 42.5% of the population over 16 in California, have been at least partially vaccinated. About 7 million people, or 22.4%, have been fully vaccinated. This places California in position 18 in terms of the percentage of people over 16 at least partially vaccinated, and in position 40 in terms of people fully vaccinated.
The City News Service contributed to this report.
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