San Luis Obispo County added 94 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, adding the county total to 17,605 confirmed cases on Jan. 29.
It is the second day of this week that the daily total of cases was less than 100. On Monday, 96 new cases were reported.
Health officials say there are currently 46 people hospitalized. 1,949 more people are recovering at home and health officials say 15,411 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 19 of the 38 licensed ICU beds and county staff are currently occupied. Fourteen of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
The county also added four new COVID-19-related deaths on Friday. So far there have been 168 deaths attributed to the virus in SLO County.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,422
- San Luis Obispo – 3,142
- California Men’s Colony (inmates): 2,349
- Atascadero – 1,608
- Nipomo: 1,304
- Rierol Gran – 1,254
- Grover Beach – 730
- Ocean – 611
- Templeton – 519
- Sant Miquel – 434
- The Bears – 403
- Morro Bay – 355
- Cal Poly (campus residents): 335
- Pismo Beach – 280
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 203
- Cambria – 161
- Shandon – 123
- Santa Margarida – 117
- Creston – 74
- Cayucos – 62
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeó – 16
- Bradley – 7
The location of an additional 61 cases is being investigated, and nine more are listed as “other,” which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these locations.
Currently, community COVID-19 testing sites are 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.
San Luis Obispo County currently vaccinates health care workers and residents age 75 and older. For information on making an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.