San Diego residents who qualify and want to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus will have another place to do so after the county opens a super vaccination station on Feb. 2 in La Mesa and a smaller clinic in San Ysidro.
The La Mesa site, operated by Sharp HealthCare, will open at Grossmont Center Mall, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr., Suite 212. Meetings required.
The new walk-up clinic will vaccinate people from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Up to 1,000 doses will be administered daily, but the capacity of the site can be expanded to provide up to 5,000 vaccinations each day. This location will replace and expand the Sharp HealthCare site operated on Wakarusa Street. Appointments made to transfer the site to the mall station.
This is the fourth open vaccination station in the region. Three more are located in Petco Park in downtown San Diego, at the old Sears in Chula Vista and California State University San Marcos. Many other smaller county clinics also vaccinate people throughout the region.
A smaller county-run clinic at Southwestern College’s Higher Education Center in San Ysidro, 460 W. San Ysidro Blvd. The site will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and will be open. give up to 500 doses daily. Meetings are also required on this site.
“We are prepared to fire in as many San Diegani arms as possible when more doses come to the region,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD. MPH, county public health officer. “Vaccination is the best defense we have against COVID-19.”
Only counties that vaccinate people aged 65 and over
While the state has extended eligibility for COVID-19 vaccination to all people in phase 1B, county clinics are currently vaccinating only people in phase 1A and people aged 65 and over in phase 1B, given the limited number of doses available. in the region.
Doctors, pharmacies, community clinics and other health care providers are working to provide San Diegans vaccinations in priority groups.
“We understand that some people want to get vaccinated right away, but unfortunately we don’t have enough vaccine to give a dose to all San Diego residents who want one,” Wooten said.
All county vaccination stations and other clinics require appointments and can be made at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
State values:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 residents, and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The percentage of test positivity is 12.6%, placing the county in level 1 or purple level.
- The value of the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 16.7% and is in Purple or Level 1. This value does not move counties to more restrictive levels, but it is necessary to advance to a less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2.
Community outbreaks:
- 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on 31 January: six in business settings, three in childcare / preschool / childcare sets, one in a government setting and one in a faith-based setting.
- 10 new community outbreaks were confirmed on January 30: four in business environments, two in healthcare settings, one in a TK-12a primary school, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a care / preschool / childcare setting and one in a construction setting.
- Five new outbreaks of the community were confirmed on January 29: two in business settings, two in food / beverage processing settings and one in retail.
- In the last seven days (January 25 to January 31), 57 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:
- 11,027 tests were reported to the county on January 31, and the percentage of new positive cases was 10%.
- The average percentage of 14 days of positive cases is 8.5%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 19,502.
- People at higher risk of COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should be tested. Nurses and essential workers should also receive a test, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are severely affected. Those who have recently returned from travel are also urged to be tested.
Cases:
- 1,082 cases were reported to the county on January 31. The total for the region is now 239,124.
- 10,217 or 4.3% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,460 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- No new deaths were reported on January 31 through COVID-19. The total of the region is 2,619.
- 16 deaths from COVID-19 were reported on January 30. Twelve men and four women died between January 18 and January 28.
- Of the 16 deaths reported that day, seven people who died were 80 or older, two were 70, four were 60, two were 50 and one was 40.
- 11 had underlying medical conditions, one did not and four had a pending medical history.
- 32 deaths were reported through COVID-19 on January 29. Seventeen women and 15 men died between January 5 and January 29.
- Of the 32 new deaths reported that day, 15 people who died were 80 or older, eight were 70, five were 60 and four were 40.
- 31 had underlying medical conditions and one did not.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on the county website coronavirus-sd.com are updated daily around 17:00.