COVID-19

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to come in at a steady pace, including two new deaths in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 22, the county reported its 47th and 48th death of the novel coronavirus in...

As of Jan. 21, San Benito County Public Health officials have reported 5,042 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the county. The local death count remains at 46, according to county officials.  The county’s Covid-19 dashboard shows that there are currently 530 active cases...

The San Benito County Public Health Services department is on the hunt for volunteers who are willing to help organize multiple Covid-19 mass vaccination clinics throughout the county. County officials on Jan. 20 issued a press release stating that public health services are recruiting medical...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases have now broken the 5,000 mark, including three new deaths in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 20, the county reported its 44th, 45th and 46th death of the novel coronavirus in San...

Jeannette Pulido spent her one-year anniversary of opening 4th Street Eatery in April shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic forced her small businesses to make some drastic changes just to stay open.  But, she’ll be getting some much needed assistance as San Benito County has partnered...

As of Jan. 19, San Benito County Public Health officials have reported 4,959 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the county. The local death count remains at 43, according to county officials.  The county’s Covid-19 dashboard shows that there are currently 515 active cases...

Local vaccine partners have stopped administering shots of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after San Benito County officials received word that a shipment they received could lead to an allergic reaction.   The California Department of Public Health on Jan. 18 released a statement stating that the...

The L452R variant of Covid-19—being identified by viral genomic sequencing in San Francisco, Monterey and Santa Clara counties—has been linked to the outbreak at Kaiser Permanente's San Jose Medical Center that led to several dozen infections and possibly one death, as well as other large outbreaks in Santa Clara County.

After weeks of constant spikes in new coronavirus cases, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors hoped to curtail the public health crisis by passing a new ordinance that could cite individuals and commercial sites for not following state guidelines.  The board held a special...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to grow on a daily basis, including a new death in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 15, the county reported its 42nd death of the novel coronavirus in San Benito County....