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

Health Alliance +CHA Cambridge FEBRUARY, 2022 COVID-19 UPDATE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Public Health Department Cambridge COVID-19 Pandemic in Cambridge The Public Health Response to the

Department • Percent staffed beds occupied by COVID-19 patients • New hospitalizations for COVID-19 • New COVID-19 cases monitoring COVID-19 risk decision-making • Considerations: • New metrics introduced on Feb. 25 for • Rely more on individual responsibility for • Focus is protecting the healthcare system New CDC Metrics

Moderate Substantial Substantial Moderate High • Low Middlesex County • Low CDC Transmission CDC Transmission Cambridge Risk Category Risk Category • Sighs Mar Feb -FEE Jan Dec Nov Oct Middlesex and Cambridge Cases Former CDC Metrics 500- 2000 1000- Cases per 100k Residents per Week

High Medium CDC Community • Low Levels Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Middlesex and Cambridge Cases New CDC Metrics 500- 2000 1000- 1500 Cases per 100k Residents per Week

Higher-Ed Non-Higher Ed Higher Education Feb 21 Feb 14 Week Feb 07 Jan 31 0- 50 - 200 - 150 - Cases in Higher Ed es Ü 100 -

Mar 1,22 Cambridge Public Health Department Dec 1, 21 Sep 1, 21 Jun 1, 21 Mar 1, 21 March 1, 2020 - Feb. 23, 2022 Dec 1, 20 Number of COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Sep 1, 20 Jun 1,20 500- 4,000- 1,500- 1,000- 3,500- 3,000- 2,500- 2,000- COVID-19. region were occupied. of ICU beds in the hospitalized with hospital beds and 77% • 87% of non-ICU • 512 MA residents were On Feb. 23, 2022: MA COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Public Health Department → Combedee 36% 32% 41% 45% 65% 46% Booster Dose 71% 76% 82% 67% 68% >95% Fully Vaccinated 93% 88% 79% 92% 89% >95% 1 Dose At Least by Race & Ethnicity of Cambridge Residents COVID-19 Vaccination Status White Black Multiracial Hispanic Vaccination Report, Feb. 24, 2022. Data current as of February 22, 2022. Asian All Residents Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality

Department " 2 Care Resource Coordinators questions. residents. • Public health preparedness • Identify high-risk clusters for outreach and response. • 1 Lead, 3 "Contact Tracers, • Provide public health education and to build trust with • Support residents with isolation and quarantine • Team Structure • 3-year grant from Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health • Goals: Regional "Contact Tracing" Grant • Covers Cambridge, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop

Department Public Health Cambridge packages to The Port this week. residents; Cambridge Community Corps members will deliver • Progress: 300 "care packages" delivered to North Cambridge • Neighborhoods: North Cambridge and The Port. residents and their neighbors. masks, and educational materials to Covid-positive • Thursday, March 3 (CambridgeSide) • Wednesday, March 9 (Reservoir Church) • Monday, Feb. 28 (CambridgeSide) Outreach to COVID-Positive Residents Upcoming Vaccination Clinics • Saturday, March 5 (St. Paul AME Church) • CPHD pilot program to hand-deliver rapid tests, quality Other Updates