The county continues to open vaccination clinics in the communities most affected by the pandemic.
A new clinic will administer the vaccines from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at North Inland First United Methodist Church, 341 Kalmia Street in Escondido.
Meetings are needed for the access clinic, which will have the capacity to vaccinate 250 people daily.
Starting March 30, vaccinations will be administered from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, at Mountain View Cultural Educational Complex, 4343 Ocean Boulevard in southeastern San Diego. The appointment-based clinic will have the capacity to initially administer 500 doses, but may increase to 1,000 each day. The new clinic replaces the central region’s immunization clinic at 3177 Ocean View Blvd., which had a capacity of 100 vaccinations each day.
COVID-19 vaccines will also be available on March 31, César Chávez Day, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at a one-day, non-scheduled walking clinic at Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Ave Island . In total, 300 doses will be administered on that day, on a first-come, first-served basis exclusively to residents of postal codes 92102 and 92113. Proof of residence will be required, such as identity card, utility bill, etc.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the region and more than 1.56 million were registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, nearly 528,000 county residents, or 19.6% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are completely immunized.
- In total, almost 870,000 county residents received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. This represents 32.3% of those eligible.
- Those who receive the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- The difference between the doses given and those used in a vaccine is about what is expected to be given in the next seven days and the doses to be entered into the registration system.
- More information about the distribution of vaccines can be found on the county dashboard. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State values:
- The state-adjusted case rate in San Diego County is currently 5.5 cases per 100,000 residents. The county is in the red level.
- Currently, the percentage of test positivity is 2.4%, placing the county in level 3 or Orange level.
- The value of the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 3.4% and is also in the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- While two of the three values qualify the county for the Orange level or level 3, the state assigns the counties to the more restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.
Community outbreaks:
- Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 25. One in a restaurant setting, one in a care / preschool / childcare setting and one in a commercial setting.
- In the last seven days (March 19 to March 25), 20 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
- The number of Community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- A community outbreak is defined as three or more cases of COVID-19 in a setting and in people from different households in the last 14 days.
Testing:
- 13,376 tests were reported to the county on March 25, and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 2.6%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 11,710.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 422 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 25. The total for the region is now 269,049.
- 14,762 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,636 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Five new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 25. The total of the region is 3,525.
- Three men and two women died between January 19 and March 24. New deaths were reported with COVID-19 on March 20.
- Of the people who died, two were 80 years old or older, one was 60 years old and two were 50 years old.
- Three had underlying medical conditions, one did not and one had a pending medical history.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County website coronavirus-sd.com are updated daily around 17:00.