Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data up to March 8, 2021.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the region and more than 1.1 million have been registered as administered. Of those vaccinated to date, more than 355,000 people, or 13.2% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are fully immunized.
- Overall, more than 651,000 county residents have received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. It is 24.2% of those eligible.
- Those receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in a single dose are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diego.
- The difference between the doses administered and those used in a vaccination represents approximately what is expected to be administered in the next seven days and the doses that are yet to be entered into the registration system.
- You can find more information about vaccine distribution on the county vaccine board. For information on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
Status metrics:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 8.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of March 9) and the region is at the Purple or Tier 1 levels.
- The test positive percentage is 3.3%, placing the county at level 3 or Orange level. Although the positivity rate of county tests qualifies it for level 3, the state uses the most restrictive metric (in this case the adjusted case rate) and assigns the counties to that level. Therefore, the County remains at the Purple or Tier 1 level.
- The county health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 4.5% and is at the Orange or Tier 3 level. This metric does not move the counties at more restrictive levels, but progress to a less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March. 16.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- No new outbreaks from the community were confirmed on March 8th.
- In the last seven days (March 2-8), 24 outbreaks were confirmed in the community.
- The number of community outbreaks stays 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 March 8, 11,766 tests were reported in the county and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 3.2%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The average daily test for 7 days is 13,187.
Cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions:
- On March 8, 473 cases were reported to the county. The total for the region is 263,748.
- 13,282 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,615 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 15 new deaths were reported for COVID-19 on March 8th. The total for the region is 3,405.
- Four women and 11 men died between January 15 and March 7.
- Of the 15 deaths reported on March 8, seven people who died were 80 or older, three were 70, two were 60, two were 50 and one was 30.
- 14 had underlying medical conditions and one has 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.