Item 3.1
City Manager’s COVID-19 Update
January 25, 2022
For City COVID-19 information: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/covid19 Council Update Approach for EOC Response
EOC Response UpdatesUpdate Frequency + Structure
• Frequency of Update
• When necessary, based on major
changes
• Structure of Update
• What has changed?
• What is driving change?
• What is new?
2 COVID-19 Pandemic Update
Kip Harkness / Dolan Beckel1
2 4
6 7
3 Vaccination Task Force
Alvin Galang
Communications/Outreach
Carolina Camarena / Matthew Opsal
Hybrid Work, Facilities, and Resources
Jennifer Schembri
Budget and Advocacy
Sarah Zárate
Food Distribution/Child Care
Jon Cicirelli
5 Small Business Recovery
Nanci Klein
8 Digital Equity
Jill Bourne
9 Isolation & Quarantine
Jacky Morales-Ferrand
National
Source: cdc.gov 1/18/2022
Recent Trends in COVID-19 Data | National & State
Omicron, the dominant COVID-19 variant
worldwide, is 3 to 5 times more transmissible
and replication speed is 70 times faster that of
the Delta. Thus, the national level of
transmission is again red or high.
While the number of infections have reached
pandemic highs, symptoms are generally mild.
Full vaccination plus booster provides a very
high initial degree of protection against
Omicron.
Research indicates the duration of the Omicron
surge will be approximately 6-8 weeks.
Policies and public outreach strategies around
the multiple layers of protection – masking,
testing, distancing, and medical treatments are
evolving rapidly.
In addition to the vaccines and boosters, the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
authorized two oral antiviral pills for individuals
infected with COVID-19.
3 Center for Disease Control (CDC)
National Level of Community Transmission by County
Recent Trends in COVID-19 Data | Local
Santa Clara County
The 7-Day rolling average of
new cases has increased
2600% since our last report.
Cases peaked on January 5th
and are trending downwards.
Total deaths have increased
4% since our last report and
are averaging about eight
deaths per week.
(values for the most recent 7 days are preliminary)
Cumulative
COVID-19
Cases: 240,177
This Report:
7-Day Rolling
Average of
New Cases:
4517
Source: https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-cases-and-deaths 1/22/2022 4 Last Report
7-Day Rolling
Average of
New Cases
2600%
171
(values for the most recent 14 days are preliminary)
Cumulative
COVID-19
Deaths This
Report
1976
This Report:
7-Day Rolling
Average of
New Cases:
1834
Cumulative
COVID-19
Deaths Last
Report
4%
1897
Cases by Week
Deaths by Week
Source: State of California COVID-19 dashboard 1/18/2022 Recent Trends in COVID-19
County Hospitalizations
5 County of Santa Clara
While the symptoms are generally mild, the
heightened transmissibility of Omicron
places the number of patients at hospitals in
the County near a pandemic high.
Hospitals are under pressure for many
reasons including volume of patients,
constrained supply of staff, and staff
isolation/quarantine.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed and ventilator
availability is under less pressure.
The Santa Clara County Health officer has
issued recommendations to help reduce the
pressure on the hospital system which is
expected to be short term.
Recent Trends in COVID-19 Data | Local Wastewater Data
Source: https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wastewater 1/22/2022 6 City of San Jose
Four days after the peak in
cases, the quantity of
COVID-19 in San Jose’s
wastewater also peaked.
Quantities are trending
downwards in an expected
“bumpy” fashion.
• Expanded booster eligibility to youth ages 12 to
15 started on January 5
• The Omicron variant
• Aftereffects of the Holidays
City Response Deep Dive | Vaccination Task Force
What Has Changed? What is New?
• The City of San José’s completed vaccination
rates have increased
• The number of COVID-19 cases has also
increased
• While the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations
has increased, deaths remain low and steady
• The Omicron variant, first case reported in
Santa Clara County on December 9, primarily
responsible for the spike in cases
• Complementing pediatric vaccinations by
providing City facilities
• Continued support of the County with outreach
and communications
• Scheduled three supplemental booster clinics
for employees
What is Driving Change?
7 Recent Trends in COVID-19 Data | City & County Vax Rates Completed
Vaccination
Rates Continue
to Rise
Regardless of
the Metric
7-Day Rolling Average
of New Cases
Sources: Santa Clara County COVID-19 portal, direct data table download 1/18/2022 Santa Clara County Santa Clara County
Overall
Previous Update:
November 30, 2021
89.5%
76.9%
City of San José
92.9%
This Update:
January 25, 2022
79.0%
3.4%
2.1%
Santa Clara County
(total population fully vaccinated)Santa Clara County
City of San José
(12+ fully vaccinated)
8 Estimated Countywide Completed
Vaccination Rates by Race/Ethnicity
for all ages
(as of 1/21/22)
66.9%
Black
70.9%
Latino/a/x
72.2%
White
91.2%
Asian
City of San José Vaccination Dashboard
City Residents (all ages) with
completed vaccinations
(as of 1/18/22)82.7%
Vaccines Delivered with City
Partners~33,000
Resident Impressions Digital
Vaccine Outreach
2.93m
Change from November
unknown
+5,500
vaccines
+567k
impressions
City of San José
Vaccination Indicators
(as of 1/18/22)
City Response Deep Dive | Vaccination Priority Census Tracts 10*Alviso's zip code, identical in population to its tract, is used to estimate its vaccination rate given an address-related data error Tract Name Approximate Neighborhood Zip Code Council District Completed Vax Rate (5+)
5016 SUN 95112 D3 58%
5020.02 Buena Vista/Richmond Menker 95126 D6 60%
5013 Naglee Park 95112 D3 62%
5036.02 Thunderbird 95116 D5 63%
5037.13 Alexander 95116 D5 63%
5041.01 East Hills-White 95127 D5 64%
5031.23 Evans-Guadalupe 95126 D6 68%
5120.35 Avenida Espana / Metcalf 95139 D2 68%
5021.02 Sherman Oaks + Fruitdale 95128 D6 69%
5033.12 Mt. Pleasant Foothills 95148 D8 70%
5011.01 Japantown 95112 D3 70%
5012 Julian St. James 95112 D3 72%
5046.02 Alviso* 95002* D4 75%
Citywide Disaggregated at Least One Dose Vaccination Rates by Age & Race/Ethnicity
11 Black Asian Latino/
a/x White Two or
more
5-17 45% 78% 47% 64% 27%
18-24 57% >95% 83% 77% 54%
25-34 74% 94% 86% 69% 81%
35-44 87% 95% 88% 84% >95%
45-54 80% >95% >95% 71% >95%
55-64 81% >95% >95% 81% >95%
65+ 90% >95% >95% 92% >95%
Overall 73% >95% 82% 78% 76%
NOTES: Data as of 12/22/21. Total % of unknown race/ethnicity is 6.6.
Source: California Department of Public Health, California Immunization Registry; U.S. Census Bureau, 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
With the support of the County's Science
Branch data team, vaccination data for
City residents who received at least one
dose was disaggregated by age and
race/ethnicity in late December 2021
• Among those age 5 - 17, the groups
experiencing the lowest vaccination
rates are Black, Latino/a/x, and
multiracial youth
• Among those age 45 and older, Black
and White residents have lower
vaccination rates than their Asian,
Latino/a/x, and multiracial counterparts
Age
Race/
Ethnicity
< 60% 61% - 79% 80% >
New CSJ Vaccination Dashboard Allows In-Depth
Demographic Analysis of Vaccination Rates by Neighborhood and Tract
12 Pediatric Vaccinations (Ages 5 to 11)
City’s Role
Primary focus remains on
communication and outreach efforts,
coupled with providing additional
vaccination sites when needed
Current Efforts
Citywide, 37,011 or 41.2% of the 5-11
population has completed its
vaccinations as of 1/18/22
Our communities continue receiving
most of their vaccinations through:
County of Santa Clara
Pharmacies
Kaiser Permanente
13 Vaccination Rates for Ten Largest United States Cities San José 88.3
San Diego 1 82.8
New York 74.0
Philadelphia 73.1
San Antonio 2 73.0
Los Angeles 3 72.0
Chicago 70.2
Houston 4 59.8
Dallas 5 56.9
Phoenix 6 51.7
City Ages 5+
Full Vaccination Rate
1-San Diego County 1/20/2022, 2-Bexar County 1/20/2022, 3-LA County 1/20/2022, 4-Harris County 1/20/2021 via COVID Act Now, 5-Dallas County via COVID Act Now, 6-Maricopa County 1/20/2022 derived
14 • 151K Postcards in 4 Languages
• 66k Flyers about 5+ vaccine eligibility
• 40 A-Frames and 30 Banners
• 200 Children's Discovery Museum Passes encouraged
238 people to get vaccinated in one day
• 176 Youth Survey Replies
City Response | Communications/Outreach
Reaching Priority Audiences and Communities
Through Collaboration and Proven Tactics
15 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor
Total Impressions: 1.9 M
• Engagement: 55.7K
• Shares: 2.7K
Averages Comparison
Facebook/Instagram per post
• Impressions: 8.3K (+130%)
• Engagement Rate: 2.90% (+44%)
Twitter per post
•Impressions: 6.9k (+20%)
•Engagement Rate: 2.22% (+101%)
City Response | Communications/Outreach
Social Media – July 2021 – December 2021
16 Impact
Surpassed 1.4M Impression goal
Achieved 21.4K + User Engagements
City Response | Communications/Outreach
Social Media Influencers
17 • 174 radio spots with 418K total impressions – 98.9 • 78 radio spots with 343K total impressions – 100.3
• 253 radio spots with 269K total impressions – 105.7
Radio Advertising
City Response | Communications/Outreach
18 • 185K Total Emergency Notification Page
Visits
• 47K Total Translated Emergency Page
Visits (Spanish, Vietnamese, Traditional
Chinese, Simplified Chinese)
• 64% (46K) of Virtual Local Assistance
Center (VLAC) traffic went to the
COVID-19 Vaccines Page
• 27 Flash Reports
• 379K Flash Report Emails Sent
• 36% Open Rate is 11% Higher than
Government Industry Standard
• Email Subscriber increase (+3%)
Emergency Outreach Flash Reports
Web Analytics | July 2021 – December 2021
City Response | Communications/Outreach
19 Web Analytics | Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA)
City Response | Communications/Outreach
20 Web Analytics | 2021 Virtual Local Assistance Center (VLAC) Year-over-Year (YoY) - The best preventative measure from COVID-19
is being up-to-date on vaccines.
- Wear a mask and social distance when
gathering in a large group.
- If you’ve been exposed to COVID-19, get tested.
- Partnerships
- Community Engagement/Grassroots
- Direct Mail
- Advertising
- Social Media
- Weekly Flash Reports
- Virtual Local Assistance Center
- Most vulnerable: Response and Recovery
- Agency over 5–11 year old's
- Black and Latino/a/x youth ages 12-17
-Black community 18-24
- 12+ eligible for a booster
City Response | Communications/Outreach
Focus Audiences Tactics To Reach Focus Audiences
Key Messages
21 • Increased cases and risk due to the
Omicron variant; therefore, need to prioritize
safety of employees and the community
City Response Deep Dive | Hybrid Work, Facilities, and Resources What Has Changed? What is New?
• Delayed returning additional employees
to the worksite until February 11
th and
recommended work from home for those that
are able to until February 11
th, revisit every two
weeks
• Approved employee booster mandate
• Refreshed employee masking guidelines
• Approved City owned facility event ordinance
modified to require booster or testing, effective
February 4th
• Secured pipeline of rapid antigen tests for
employees (Police, Fire, exemptions)
• Scheduled three supplemental booster clinics
for employees
• Approved 100% virtual Council meetings
through January 25
th subject to further
changes as approved by Rules Committee
• Moved the EOC Activation up from Level 4 to
Level 3 (Monitoring), as the Omicron variant
continues to impact our area
What is Driving Change?
22 City Response Deep Dive | Small Business Recovery
What Has Changed? What is New?
What is Driving Change?
23 • Office of Economic Development and Cultural
Affairs work pivoted 95% to small business
recovery
• Uneven impact and recovery of 60K small
businesses
• Technical assistance services not coordinated
• Federal, State funds not easily accessed
• ARPA funds enabling personal, printed, multi-
lingual outreach: biz walks, webinars, hotline
• Building capacity with technical assistance
partners, local associations
• Leveraging Federal & State resources – IRS,
California Controller’s Office
• Direct financial assistance: grant programs
• BoostBizSJ: Property Based Improvement Districts
(PBIDs), commercial corridor support,
organizational capacity building, storefront grants
• 2 new bilingual staff; increased language capacity in communications
• Small business displacement policy planning
• Quetzal Gardens Small Business Center
• Revamp of BusinessOwnerSpace
• Technical assistance resources focused on East
and Central San Jose, Downtown
• CA received an additional $62 million from the
US Treasury for COVID-19 Rent Relief
Program
• State has funded over $5M of utilities
arrearages (both water and electrical)
• Governor announces $2.7 billion COVID-19
Emergency Response Package (part of
budget Blueprint) as well as exploration of
supplemental sick leave program
City Response Deep Dive | Budget + Advocacy
What Has Changed? What is New?
• Governor signed an executive order extending
the sunset of AB 361 allowing public agencies
to meet remotely during COVID emergency
• Governor activated national guard to bolster
State’s testing capacity
• Supreme Court blocked OSHA Emergency
Temporary Standard on mandatory
vaccination or regular testing for businesses
with over 100 employees, but allowed limited
requirements in certain health care facilities
• President Biden announced new guidelines
requiring private insurers to cover the monthly
cost of (8) at-home COVID tests for members
• President Biden announced free COVID-19
tests, mailed directly to households
www.covidtests.gov
What is Driving Change?
• Omicron variant driving increases in positive
cases, resulting in social and economic
disruption
24 • Continued economic impacts, including inflation, of the pandemic
• Increase in Omicron variant causing people to be
sick or quarantining, and unable to work
• Extending agreements with food distribution
partners through June 30, 2022
• Including requirements for partners to support
moving eligible participants to longer-term food
assistance programs
• Meals distributed from July – December 2021 was
58.5 million (average 9.4 million per month)
compared to July – December 2020 which was
65.5 million meals (average 11 million per month)
• Food insecurity remains at elevated levels
compared to pre-pandemic
• Second Harvest Food Bank has seen
staff/volunteer shortages during January
City Response Deep Dive | Food Distribution
What Has Changed? What is New?
What is Driving Change?
25 • Omicron variant driving increases in positive cases at national and local level
• Release of RFP to qualified Bringing Everyone's
Strengths Together (BEST) agencies in January
of 2022. The RFP scope centers around providing
tutoring services across 25 afterschool locations
during the academic year of 2021-2022
• 106 program participants enrolled in the second
cohort of the Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN)
Caregiver Support Network, an 80% increase from
the 59 caregivers who participated in the pilot. The
program recently has won a Top Innovator Award
from the Urban Library Council
• Completed Fall 2021 site evaluations of all
afterschool and preschool programs in alignment
with Quality Standards
• 1,127 youth have utilized the Community
Development Block Grant (CDGB) scholarship
during fiscal year 2021-2022 = $1.2 million in
support
• From 1/5/2022 through 1/17/2022 six San Jose
Recreation Preschool classrooms have been
quarantined due to COVID-19 exposures and 92
R.O.C.K. afterschool participants have been on
quarantine from program
City Response Deep Dive | Child Care
What Has Changed? What is New?
What is Driving Change?
26 City Response | Digital Equity
What Has Changed?
What is New?
• Community WiFi:
Independence Area: Beginning Construction
Andrew P Hill Area: Pending Construction
Award
Oak Grove Area: Construction Procurement
Mt. Pleasant Fiber Pull: 95% complete
• Hotspots & Computing Devices:
Schools: 3,250 Active Hotspots
Library: 543 Active Youth Hotspots
4,200 Active General Hotspots
600 HP Chromebooks
120 iPads
• Digital Literacy & Tech Support:
3 Library branches supporting on-site and
virtual tech support in Spanish and
Vietnamese
27 $3.6M Emergency Connectivity Fund
award approved 1/10/22
- Award funds all school and youth
devices
- Will create ~$1M budget savings
which will be reallocated to fully fund
Oak Grove Community WiFi
What is Driving Change?
Changes to distance learning regulations make it
more effective to refer student families needing
hotspots to a branch, rather than distributing
through schools
• Less impact on school staff
• More effective device management
• Omicron variant driving increases in
positive cases at national and local level
• Better understanding of quickly COVID transmits.
Housed people prefer to stay at home.
• New hotel opened on January 24th, providing a total
of 57 units serving predominately people who are
experiencing homelessness.
• Increases total capacity to 201 rooms
• Request to City for additional support until June 30, 2022
• Unhoused people needing a safe place to isolate
when exposed to COVID-19
• Hotels were decommissioned due to lower
infection rates AND the success of moving people
into permanent housing solutions.
City Response Deep Dive | Isolation & Quarantine
What Has Changed? What is New?
What is Driving Change?
28 Item 3.1
City Manager’s COVID-19 Update
January 25, 2022
For City COVID-19 information: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/covid19