San Luis Obispo County added 148 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 18,186 confirmed cases on Feb. 3.
The county also reported nine deaths related to COVID-19. To date, there have been 187 deaths attributed to the virus in SLO County.
Health officials say there are currently 46 people hospitalized. Another 1,025 people are recovering at home and health officials say 16,900 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 19 of the 38 licensed ICU beds and county staff are currently occupied. Ten of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,557
- San Luis Obispo – 3,311
- California male colony (interns): 2,366
- Atascadero – 1,664
- Nipomo – 1,347
- Rierol Gran – 1,284
- Grover Beach – 743
- Ocean – 628
- Templeton – 535
- Sant Miquel – 446
- The Bears – 421
- Morro Bay – 366
- Cal Poly (campus residents): 335
- Pismo Beach – 287
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 207
- Cambria – 165
- Shandon – 131
- Santa Margarida – 121
- Creston – 76
- Cayucos – 64
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeó – 18
- Bradley – 7
The location of an additional 75 cases is being investigated and another six are shown as “other,” which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these locations.
COVID-19 community test sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointment required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County currently vaccinates health care workers and residents age 75 and older. For information on making an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.