COVID-19 San Diego County Update – 19-04-2021

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data through April 18th.

More than 2.39 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the region and about 2.32 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 821,000 county residents, or 30.6% of San Diegans age 16 and older, are fully immunized.
Overall, more than 1.29 million county residents have received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. It is 48.1% of those eligible.
The goal is to vaccinate completely 75% of residents aged 16 or over in San Diego County or 2,017,011 people. To date, 64.1% of the target population has received at least one vaccine and 40.7% are fully vaccinated.
Those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is currently on hold in the county, due to the orientation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration of Food and Drugs, they are added to the total of San Diego completely vaccinated.
The difference between the doses administered and those used in a vaccine 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 the distribution of vaccines in the County vaccination board. For vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.

The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 6.0 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 13).
The county remains at the Orange or Tier 3 level under the new state orientation. The California Department of Public Health recently warned that unless there are mitigating circumstances, such as a low vaccine adoption rate, a county will only move to a more restrictive level if hospitalizations increase significantly among vulnerable people, especially between vaccinated people, and both tests. positivity and adjusted case indices show a significant increase in transmission. This is not currently the case in the region.
Currently, the test positive percentage is 2.5%, 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 3.0% and is also at the Orange or Tier 3 level.
CDPH evaluates counties weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th.

No new outbreaks from the community were confirmed on April 18th.
Five new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 17, one in a business setting, one in an emergency service, one in a faith-based agency center, one in a restaurant / bar, and one in a setting. retailer.
Two new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 16, one at a daycare / preschool / daycare center and one at a faith-based agency center.
In the last seven days (April 12 to April 18), 21 outbreaks of the community 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.

On April 18, 6,982 tests were reported in the county and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
The average percentage of 14-day positive cases is 1.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The average daily test for 7 days is 12,877.

On April 18, 152 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the county. The total for the region is 275,112.
15,144, or 5.5% of all cases, required hospitalization.
1,676 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

No new deaths were reported for COVID-19 on April 18th. The total for the region is 3,674.
On April 17, no additional deaths were reported.
On April 16, an additional twelve deaths were reported.
Seven of these deaths occurred in December and five in April. The December deaths had just been added to the list after a rigorous review of incorrect or incomplete death certificates and requiring analysis of patients ’medical history to determine if they were COVID-19 deaths.
Five women and seven men died between December 10, 2020 and April 14, 2021.
Of the people who recorded his death on Saturday, four were 80 or older, four were 70, two were 60 and two were 50.
Eleven had underlying medical conditions and one did not.

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

COVID-19 San Diego County Update – 19-04-2021 | News