The County Board of Supervisors received its first update of the year on the region’s COVID-19 response. This was also the first public report COVID-19 for the three new board members who were sworn in last week.
The Board voted to increase the enforcement of businesses and operations that do not comply with safe reopening plans and expanded the Great Plates Delivered program that provides free meals and income expense programs. The Board also voted to ensure that compliance efforts are applied consistently on the basis of scientific data on how and where COVID-19 is propagated.
Board members also directed staff to examine whether it is possible to exclude companies that have repeatedly violated public health orders from eligibility for COVID-19 financial assistance programs.
To date, the county has received more than 17,000 complaints for health order violations and the county’s safe reopening compliance team has issued 335 cessation and cessation orders. Complaints about violations have increased exponentially since the region moved to the Purple Tier in November, with more than half of all complaints filed last month.
Release of COVID-19 vaccines
Right now the supply of vaccines is still limited and they only fall in San Diego Phase 1A of the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine can be vaccinated. This mainly includes people working in health care and employees and residents of long-term care facilities. Healthcare personnel who may be vaccinated at this time are advised to contact their healthcare provider first to request vaccination.
Phase 1A eligible residents who are unable to get vaccinated through their health care provider can make an online appointment at www.VaccinationSuperStationSD.com. Appointments are limited and individuals are advised to check the website regularly if they are unable to get an appointment immediately.
“We understand that the demand for vaccination against COVID-19 is high and our community has a lot of questions about the vaccination process,” said Nick Macchione, director of the County Human Services and Health Agency. “The County will soon launch a website feature that will clarify the tier system and allow the general public to register to receive notifications on when and where they can get the COVID-19 vaccine. A board is also being developed that will show how many of San Diego have been vaccinated with their first and second doses of the COVID-19 “vaccine.
Order capacity and stay at the ICU:
- The current availability of intensive care unit (ICU) beds for the Southern California region is 0.0% and the state will update it daily.
- He Regional order of stay at home it is in force and prohibits meetings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for various sectors.
- The order will last until the availability of the ICU in the region meets or exceeds 15%.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- Six new community outbreaks were confirmed on Jan. 11: two in business settings, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a faith-based agency center, one in a government setting, and one in a healthcare setting.
- In the last seven days (January 5-11), 48 outbreaks were confirmed in the community.
- The number of community outbreaks remains above the trigger for seven or more days.
- An outbreak of community environment is defined as three or more cases of COVID-19 in one environment and in people from different households during the last 14 days.
Tests:
- On January 11, 18,119 tests were reported to the County and the percentage of new positive cases was 19%.
- The average percentage of 14-day positive cases is 13.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The average daily test for 7 days is 27,474.
- People at higher risk for COVID-19 with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should get tested. Health care and essential workers should also be tested, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are being severely affected. Those who have recently returned from travel or participated in holiday meetings are also urged.
Cases:
- On January 11, 3,524 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 198,319.
- 6,313 or 3.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,273 or 0.6% of all cases and 20.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On January 11, 41 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 1,898.
- Between December 17 and January 10, 14 women and 27 men died.
- Of the 41 new deaths reported, 16 people who died were 80 or older, eight were 70, 14 were 60, two were 50 and one was 40.
- 34 had underlying medical conditions, one did not have them and six had a pending medical history.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries can be found at The county coronavirus-sd.com website they are updated around 5pm daily.