As of January 11th, at 9:00p.m., here are COVID-19 statistics being reported by local health officials.
Lassen County’s Public Health Department is reporting 225 active cases in the county with eleven people currently hospitalized. Ten deaths have now been attributed to the infection and so far there have been a total of 1,652 cases reported.
Click here for the most current information from the health department.
Infections at Local Prisons
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is reporting 54 active cases of COVID-19 among the inmate population at High Desert State Prison.
The number of infections at the California Correctional Center is now at 141. You can follow this link to CDCR’s inmate population tracker.
CDCR is reporting 47 staff members at CCC and 43 at High Desert have active cases.
You can track staff numbers at the two institutions by going to this page at CDCR.
FCI Herlong is reporting no active cases.
COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule
There are no dates with the schedule because it is unknown how long it will take to vaccinate each segment of the population or how many doses will be received from the state. All vaccinations will be by appointment only, through the LCPHD.
The vaccination schedule is broken up into three phases and the first phase has three different tiers. Click here to download the county’s schedule.
If you qualify for Tier 1 or 2, please call (530) 249-8628 to make an appointment.