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DPH reports improving COVID trends, lays out FY22 COVID transition budget
Summary
Director Colfax reported falling hospitalizations and high vaccination coverage; DPH presented a budget plan to transition COVID response staffing into summer and fiscal‑year operations while budgeting continued community outreach and vaccination efforts.
San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Colfax told the Health Commission on May 4 that, after 15 months of pandemic response, the city was in a "much better place" while urging continued caution.
"After 15 months of this pandemic, we are in a much better place," Colfax said in an update that summarized local epidemiology and vaccination progress. DPH reported cumulative cases of roughly 36,000, hospitalizations at pandemic lows (the department reported as few as 14 hospitalized the prior day), and 537 deaths attributed to COVID‑19 in San Francisco to date.
Colfax said the city had achieved high adult vaccination coverage: about 72%…
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