San Luis Obispo County added 324 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 15,102 confirmed cases as of Jan. 15.
Health officials say 50 people are hospitalized. Another 2,675 people are recovering at home and health officials say 12,220 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 17 of the 38 licensed ICU beds and staff are currently occupied. Six of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
San Luis Obispo County has had 128 deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of three from the previous day.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,015
- San Luis Obispo – 2,801
- California Men’s Colony (inmates): 1,931
- Atascadero – 1,334
- Rierol Gran – 1,086
- Nipomo: 1,050
- Grover Beach – 651
- Ocean – 517
- Templeton – 447
- Sant Miquel – 378
- The Bears – 340
- Morro Bay – 303
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 256
- Pismo Beach – 224
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 180
- Cambria – 119
- Shandon – 114
- Santa Margarida – 103
- Creston – 63
- Cayucos – 55
- Avila Beach – 24
- Shell Beach – 13
- San Simeó – 10
The location of an additional 80 cases is being investigated and another eight are listed 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.
Appointment required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.