COVID-19 San Diego County Update – 3-10-2021

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through March 9th.

More than 1.25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the region and more than 1.1 million have been registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
Of those vaccinated to date, more than 368,000 county residents, or 13.7% of San Diego residents age 16 and older, are fully immunized.
Overall, more than 665,000 county residents have received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. It is 24.7% of those eligible.
Those who receive the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegoans.
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.

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 positive test 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 to 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.

Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 9, two in business settings and one in a government setting.
In the last seven days (March 3-9), 16 outbreaks of the community were confirmed.
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.

On March 9, 13,386 tests were reported to the county and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
The average percentage of 14-day positive cases is 3.1%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The average daily test for 7 days is 13,200.

On March 9, 349 COVID-19 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is 264,097.
13,282 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1,614 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

Eight new deaths were reported for COVID-19 on March 9th. The total for the region is 3,413.
Five women and three men died between February 25 and March 9.
Of the eight deaths reported on March 9, four people who died were 80 or older, one was 70, two were 60 and one was 50.
They all had underlying medical conditions.

The most detailed data summaries can be found at The county coronavirus-sd.com website they are updated around 5pm daily.

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