Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data up to January 6, 2021.
Order capacity and stay at the ICU:
- The current availability of intensive care unit (ICU) beds for the Southern California region is 0.0% and the state will update it daily.
- He Order a regional stay at home it is in force and prohibits meetings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for various sectors.
- The order will last until the availability of the ICU in the region meets or exceeds 15%.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- On January 6, eight new community outbreaks were confirmed: three in business settings, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a faith-based agency center, one in a government setting and one in a healthcare environment.
- In the last seven days (December 31 to January 6), 38 outbreaks of the community were confirmed.
- The number of community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven 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 January 6, 33,491 tests were reported in the county and the percentage of new cases confirmed by the lab was 11%.
- The average percentage of 14-day positive cases is 13.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The average daily test for 7 days is 23,719.
- People at higher risk for COVID-19 with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should get tested. Health care workers and essential workers should also be tested, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are being severely affected. Those who have recently returned from travel or participated in holiday meetings are also urged.
Cases:
- On January 6, 3,850 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 180,512.
- 6,142 or 3.4% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,261 or 0.7% of all cases and 20.5% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On January 6, 47 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 1,738.
- Between December 21 and January 5, 16 women and 31 men died.
- Of the 47 new deaths reported today, eight people who died were in their 90s, 11 in their eighties, 10 in their 70s, 14 in their 60s, two in their 50s and two in their 40s.
- 46 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.