Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data through April 7th.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 2.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the region and more than 1.9 million administrations have been registered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated to date, more than 642,000 county residents, or 23.9% of San Diegans age 16 and older, are fully immunized.
- Overall, nearly 1.1 million county residents have received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. It is 40.8% of those eligible.
- Those who receive the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine 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 5.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 6) and the region is in Orange Tier or Tier 3.
- Currently, the test positive percentage is 2.3%, placing the county at level 3 or Orange level.
- The county’s health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 2.6% and is also at the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- The three metrics place the county at Orange level or level 3 for activities.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 7: one in a business setting, one in a supermarket / store, and one in a retail setting.
- In the last seven days (April 1 to April 7), 18 community outbreaks were confirmed.
- 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 April 7, 16,596 tests were reported in the county and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The average percentage of 14-day positive cases is 2.3%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The average daily test for 7 days is 12,333.
Cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions:
- On April 7, 300 COVID-19 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is 272,494.
- 14,951 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,660 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Four new deaths were reported for COVID-19 on April 7. The total for the region is 3,592.
- Three women and a man died between March 16 and April 7.
- Of the people who died, three were 70 years old and one was fifty.
- Three had underlying medical conditions and one did not.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries can be found at The county coronavirus-sd.com website they are updated around 5pm daily.