Due to national delays in vaccine shipments, all County COVID-19 or POD dispensary points, and the Northern County Super Station in San Marcos currently only offer appointments for second doses.
Pre-scheduled appointments for the first doses at these sites will be rescheduled for next week.
In addition, Petco Park’s super vaccination station stops all appointments tomorrow and Saturday. Closure can be extended until Sunday and Monday depending on when more doses of vaccine arrive.
Those affected by appointment cancellations receive notifications through their UCSD MyChart accounts and must also check their email.
Sharp vaccination superstar locations at Chula Vista Center and Grossmont Center still offer first- and second-dose appointments with the Pfizer vaccine.
The county vaccination superstation at the Del Mar fairgrounds remains open and meets scheduled appointments.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that people can wait up to 42 days between doses and still achieve maximum immunity. Therefore, people who have received the first dose and experience minor delays in the second dose appointments need not worry. You can find more information about COVID-19 vaccine at www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
Status metrics:
- Currently, the adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is 22.2 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is at the Purple or Tier 1 levels.
- The positive test percentage is 6.4%, placing the county at level 2 or at the red level. Although the county test positivity rate qualifies it for the red level, 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 9.7% and is at the purple level or level 1. This metric does not moves counties to more restrictive levels, but progress to a less restrictive level is needed.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23rd.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- Six new community outbreaks were confirmed on February 17: two in construction settings, one in a business setting, one in a college setting, one in a distribution warehouse, and one in a supermarket.
- During the last seven days (February 11-17), 33 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.
Tests:
- On February 17, 19,845 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 5.2%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The average daily test for 7 days is 15,043.
Cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions:
- On February 17, 810 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 254,990.
- 12,381 or 4.9% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,554 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.6% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On February 17, 36 new deaths were reported for COVID-19. The total for the region is now 3,135.
- Between December 11 and February 17, 11 women and 25 men died.
- Of the 36 deaths reported today, 16 people who died were 80 or older, seven were 70, eight were 60 and five were 50.
- 33 had underlying medical conditions and three had 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.