San Luis Obispo County public health officials report 112 new COVID-19 cases over two days, and the county’s total is 19,612 confirmed cases on Feb. 25.
Eighty-two new cases were added on Wednesday and 30 new cases were added on Thursday.
The daily numbers were not released on Wednesday due to a delay in state data.
Six additional deaths related to COVID-19 were also reported. To date, SLO County has recorded 227 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say there are currently 24 people hospitalized. Another 551 are recovering at home and health officials say 18,796 people have recovered.
Currently, seventeen of the 38 licensed ICU beds and county staff are occupied. Five of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,879
- San Luis Obispo – 3,677
- California Men’s Colony (inmates): 2,379
- Atascadero – 1,834
- Nipomo – 1,486
- Rierol Gran – 1,387
- Grover Beach – 811
- Ocean – 673
- Templeton – 591
- Sant Miquel – 484
- The Bears – 448
- Morro Bay – 404
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 341
- Pismo Beach – 312
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 174
- Shandon – 139
- Santa Margarida – 128
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 27
- San Simeó – 21
- Bradley – 7
The locations of an additional 48 cases are being investigated and another eight are listed as “other,” which includes communities with less than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these locations.
COVID-19 community test sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointments are available, but walk-ins are now accepted. Click here to make an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County currently vaccinates health care workers and residents age 65 and older. For information on making an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.