San Luis Obispo County reports the deaths of three more people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Health officials say one of the patients was in his eighties, one was 90 and one was over 100 years old. All three had underlying health conditions.
San Luis Obispo County also added 191 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 8,460 confirmed cases on Dec. 18.
Thirty-five people are hospitalized, including eight patients who are in the ICU. Another 1,651 people are recovering at home and health officials say 6,706 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County has had 59 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 1,983
- San Luis Obispo – 1,884
- Atascadero – 776
- Rierol Gran – 589
- Nipomo – 585
- California Male Colony (Internal): 472
- Grover Beach – 325
- Ocean – 273
- Templeton – 267
- Sant Miquel – 259
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 256
- The Bears – 157
- Morro Bay – 148
- Pismo Beach – 128
- Shandon – 78
- Santa Margarida – 68
- Cambria – 59
- Creston – 39
- Cayucos – 31
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 28
- Avila Beach – 13
- San Simeó – 7
The location of an additional 25 cases is being investigated and another 10 are shown as “other,” which includes communities with fewer 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.
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For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.