One Million Santa Clara County Residents Are Fully Vaccinated

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — Over a million Santa Clara County residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, county officials announced over the weekend. The milestone comes a month after the county said that a million residents had received at least one dose, indicating that a vast majority of people have been returning for their second dose.

As of Monday morning, over 60 percent of residents ages 12 and older are fully vaccinated and nearly 75 percent have received at least one dose. The county last week expanded eligibility to people as young as age 12.

“The vaccines are winning the fight, and the reason they’re winning is because they have an essential ally in everybody who is stepping up to get vaccinated,” said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, the county’s COVID-19 testing and vaccine officer, in a news release. “COVID-19’s greatest and toughest enemy is a vaccinated community.”

County officials are shifting their focus to ensuring that youth get vaccinated, holding special events and giveaways like free boba.

"For the first time in a long time I feel optimistic," Dr. Sara Cody, the county's public health officer, said at a news briefing last week. "For a while, it seemed uncertain to me whether the vaccines or the variants would win. I think that team vaccine is in the lead, holding the lead and will win."

Cody said the high vaccination rates in the county have "made all the difference in the world."

Visit sccfreevax.org for more information on vaccination sites throughout the county this week.

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