San Diego residents who meet the requirements and want to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus will have one more place to do so after the county opens a super vaccination station on Feb. 2 in La Mesa and a smaller clinic in San Ysidro.
The La Mesa site, operated by Sharp HealthCare, will open at Grossmont Center Mall, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr., Suite 212. Prior appointment required.
The new outpatient clinic will vaccinate people from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Up to 1,000 daily doses will be administered, but the capacity of the site can be expanded to provide up to 5,000 vaccines each day. This location will replace and expand the site that Sharp HealthCare had been operating in Wakarusa St. Appointments made for this transfer to the super station of the mall.
This is the fourth super vaccination station to open in the region. Three others are located in Petco Park, downtown San Diego, the former Sears of Chula Vista, and California State University, San Marcos. Currently, many other smaller clinics in the county vaccinate people throughout the region.
A smaller, county-run vaccination clinic at Southwestern College Higher Education Center in San Ysidro, 460 W. San Ysidro Blvd. The site will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and will be able to provide up to 500 daily doses. You also need to make appointments at this place.
“We are prepared to receive shots in the arms of as many San Diego residents as possible when more doses arrive in the region,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD. MPH, county public health officer. “Vaccinating ourselves is the best defense we have against COVID-19.”
Only people in the county vaccinated 65 years or older
Although the state has extended eligibility for COVID-19 vaccination to all people in Phase 1B, county clinics currently vaccinate only people in Phase 1A and people 65 and older. in phase 1B, given the limited number of doses available in the region.
Doctors, pharmacies, community clinics and other health care providers are working to provide vaccines to San Diegans in the priority groups.
“We understand that some people want to get vaccinated right away, but unfortunately we don’t have enough vaccine to give a dose to all the San Diegoans who want it,” Wooten said.
All County immunization superstations and other clinics require appointment and can be done at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
Status metrics:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is at the Purple or Tier 1 level.
- The test positive percentage is 12.6%, placing the county at level 1 or purple level.
- The county health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 16.7% and is at the purple level or level 1. This metric does not moves counties to more restrictive levels, but is required to move to less restrictive levels.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2nd.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on January 31: six in business settings, three in daycares / preschools / daycares, one in a government setting and another in a faith-based setting.
- On January 30, 10 new community outbreaks were confirmed: four in business environments, two in healthcare environments, one in a TK-12th primary school, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare and one in a construction setting.
- On January 29, five new community outbreaks were confirmed: two in business environments, two in food and beverage processing processes, and one in a commercial environment.
- In the last seven days (January 25-31), 57 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 a 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 Jan. 31, 11,027 tests were reported in the county and the percentage of new positive cases was 10%.
- The average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 8.5%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 19,502.
- 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 are also urged to take the test.
Cases:
- On January 31, 1,082 cases were reported in the county. The total for the region is now 239,124.
- 10,217 or 4.3% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,460 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On January 31, no new deaths were recorded for COVID-19. The total for the region is 2,619.
- 16 deaths were recorded for COVID-19 on January 30th. Twelve men and four women died between 18 and 28 January.
- Of the 16 deaths reported that day, seven people who died were 80 or older, two were 70, four were 60, two were 50 and one was 40.
- 11 had underlying medical conditions, one did not have them, and four had a pending medical history.
- 32 deaths were recorded for COVID-19 on January 29th. Seventeen women and 15 men died between January 5 and 29.
- Of the 32 new deaths reported that day, 15 people who died were 80 or older, eight were 70, five were 60 and four were 40.
- 31 had underlying medical conditions and one did not.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found on the county’s coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 p.m. daily.