SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New numbers amusement that 79 percent of City of Sacramento employees person been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The metropolis released the vaccination statistic for its workforce connected Wednesday. City employees had to study their COVID-19 vaccination presumption by Oct. 15.
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In total, the metropolis says 3,537 of its 4,494 employees are vaccinated.
For those 849 employees who reported being unvaccinated, the metropolis says they are continuing negotiations astir the argumentation that volition beryllium utilized going forward. City Manager Howard Chan said that investigating is expected to beryllium a constituent of that policy.
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Further, the metropolis says determination were 72 employees who did not taxable their status. Another 36 employees besides person a presumption that is inactive successful the process of being verified.
The numbers were further breached down by department, with the Sacramento Police Department reporting a 73 percent vaccination rate.
A 76 percent vaccination complaint was reported by the Sacramento Fire Department, portion the city’s Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment Department reported an 80 percent vaccination rate.
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The metropolis says employees who failed to study their vaccination presumption by Oct. 15 volition beryllium enactment connected unpaid leave.