Positive Cases Among Kern Residents:Â 272,985
Deaths: 2,499
Recovered and Presumed Recovered Residents: 261,985
Percentage of all cases that are unvaccinated:Â 72.74
Percentage of all hospitalizations that are unvaccinated:Â 83.34
Updated: 8/9/22
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PHOTO GALLERY: Back to school, earlier than most
The Delano Union School District welcomed students back to class Monday for the start of the 2022-23 school year. At Albany Park Elementary School, Principal Karina Oropeza-Gonzalez greeted students as they left their rides and entered an archway of balloons set up to mark the occasion. Kern County has 46 public school districts and Delano Union is one of the first to start its new school year. Some districts have year-round schedules.
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Albany Park Elementary School Principal Karina Oropeza-Gonzalez greets students one by one as they enter in for the first day of school on Monday morning.
Valerie Bueno, left, and Victor Bueno, right, smile as their mother, Berenice Espinoza, snaps a first-day-of-school photo in front of Albany Park Elementary School in Delano.
Students enter through a balloon arch into Albany Park Elementary School in Delano for the first day of school on Monday.
Parents and students wait in line at the entrance of Albany Park Elementary School in Delano ahead of the first day of the school year Monday.
Parents and students wait in line at the entrance of Albany Park Elementary School in Delano during morning drop-off of Monday. Aug. 1 marked the start of the academic year for schools in the Delano Union Elementary District.
Maria Montiel, left, adjusts the mask of her daughter Jocelyn Montiel while dropping her off for her first day of kindergarten at Albany Park Elementary School in Delano on Monday.
A father holds his son's hand before dropping him off for the first day of school at Albany Park Elementary School in Delano on Monday. Aug. 1 marked the first day of classes for all schools in the Delano Union Elementary School District.
Maria Montiel, left, says goodbye to her daughter Jocelyn Montiel before sending her off for her first day of kindergarten at Albany Park Elementary School in Delano on Monday.
Staff at Albany Park Elementary School in Delano greet students as they unload from the bus for the first day of school on Monday morning.
