A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a COVID-19 Update

The Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cambridge COVID-19 WEEKLY REPORT CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL MAY 10, 2021

Case Snapshot (as of May 7) As of last week, Cambridge moved from being a moderate risk community to a low-risk GREEN LEVEL community. Sources: 1Cambridge Public Health Department data, accessed on May 7, 2021 @ 5 pm; 2Massachusetts Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Interactive Dashboard, May 6, 2021. 6,175 Total Cases1 (confirmed, probable and suspect) ● 5,871 in the community ● 304 cases in long-term care 122 Deaths1 ● 62% of deaths were among LTC residents Active Cases1 ● 8% of all cases are active 4.7 Confirmed Cases per 100,0001 (7-day average for April 30–May 6) Test Positivity2 ● 0.32% (2-week period ending May 1) 2

COVID-19 Community Testing in Cambridge 3

4 State Reopening Updates Additional outdoor reopening (per Governor Baker) in Phase 4, Step 2 for some industries goes into effect today: ● Amusement parks and some other outdoor industries will be able to reopen at 50% capacity. ● Youth and adult amateur sports tournaments will be allowed for moderate and high risk sports. ● Road races and other outdoor organized amateur or professional group athletic events. ● Singing indoors with strict distancing requirements at performance venues, restaurants, event venues, and other businesses. The City of Cambridge is remaining in Phase IV, Step 1 until further notice.

5 State Vaccine Update 1 Massachusetts Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Report, May 4, 2021. ●56% of Massachusetts residents have received at least one dose of vaccine, as of May 4.1 ●On May 1, Governor Baker announced the opening of the Metro North COVID-19 Vaccine Partnership. ○ Vaccination sites now open in Somerville, Medford, and Everett ●Mass vaccination sites, CVS, and other sites now allow walk-ins. Assaad Sayah, MD, CHA CEO and the City's Commissioner of Public Health, opened Gov. Baker's May 5 press briefing at the Metro North vaccination site in Everett.

City Vaccine Update The Cambridge Pandemic Collaborative (CPC) began administering vaccines in early January. ●As of May 8, 4,107 people had received at least one dose of (Moderna) or the single-shot (J&J) vaccine at City-run clinics. ●During the week of May 3–8, 445 single dose J&J vaccines were administered at the Reservoir Church and CambridgeSide vaccine clinics. 6 State Representative Steve Owens (center) visited the Reservoir Church clinic on Saturday, May 8. Pictured with CFD Lt. Mike Donovan and CPHD Assoc.Chief of Clinical Services, Tracy-Rose Tynes, RN.

7 City Vaccine Update (as of May 4) Vaccination Race/Ethnicity Data The proportion of residents by race and ethnicity who have received at least one dose of vaccine in Cambridge and the state: Race/Ethnicity Cambridge1 MA2 Asian 54% 53% Black 53% 37% Hispanic/Latinx 47% 33% Multiracial 50% 62% White 60% 55% Other/Unknown +5% of population +5% of population Total % of all residents who have received at least one dose 62% 56% ¹MA Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Report, May 6, 2021.² MA Department of Public Health Weekly Vaccine Report, May 6, 2021. Data for Cambridge and Massachusetts are current as of May 4, 2021.

City Vaccine Update (as of May 4) Vaccination Age and Gender Data 8 Cambridge1 MA2 0-19 Years 13% 11% 20-29 Years 59% 51% 30-49 Years 72% 64% 50-64 Years 86% 75% 65-74 Years 89% 88% 75+ Years 95% 88% Female 63% 59% Male 61% 52% The proportion of residents who have received at least one dose of vaccine by age and gender: ¹MA Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Report, May 6, 2021.²MA Department of Public Health Weekly Vaccine Report, May 6, 2021. Data for Cambridge and Massachusetts are current as of May 4, 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Communications Campaign ●City conducted multi-faceted outreach to advertise Reservoir Church and CambridgeSide clinics: ○ Citywide code red (calls, texts, email). ○ Communications sent to the faith community, neighborhood associations, My Brother’s Keeper and NAACP, business community, especially restaurants. ○ Notice to City employees and DHSP program participants, as well as employees of CambridgeSide. ○ Flyers dropped off at CambridgeSide, Danehy Park, and other locations. Clinician Speakers Bureau ●May 15: Forum for Haitian community (in Haitian Creole) ●May 27: Forum for Spanish-speakers (in Spanish) 9

Behind the Numbers Behind the numbers, there is a dedicated and trained staff that has responded to the pandemic with expertise, bravery, and compassion. I would like to honor one of them tonight by using the words submitted by CPHD staff to honor Shamsher in the Boston Globe: Shamsher Bam has been a public health nurse with CPHD for 16 years and has worked tirelessly and passionately to care for the Cambridge community. He has spearheaded City-run COVID-19 vaccine clinics, conducted an enormous amount of contact tracing for positive, cases, and continues to work in the health department’s TB clinic during the pandemic. Shamsher is as humble as they come -- a quiet and unknown hero. 10