A new COVID-19 vaccination site will open on February 14 in Vista, capable of delivering up to 500 doses a day.
The new clinic will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Linda Rhoades Recreation Center, 600 North Santa Fe Ave.
All county top vaccination stations and distribution points or PODs currently vaccinate people in phase 1A and people aged 65 and over in phase 1B. All require appointments that can be made at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com. Please note that the Petco Park vaccination station will not vaccinate people for three days due to a delay in transporting a Modern vaccine.
County-funded community health agencies, known as promoters, target people 65 and older in National City, Chula Vista, Imperial City and San Ysidro directly to help them make vaccination schedules.
The metropolitan transit system offers free travel to people with proof of a vaccination meeting. 2-1-1 San Diego and the promoters also have the ability to arrange transportation.
To date, more than 703,000 doses of COVID-19 have been delivered to the region with nearly 570,000 administered. The difference between the two numbers is roughly what is expected to be administered over the next seven days and doses to be entered into the registration system. Those vaccinated to date include more than 104,000 San Diegans who are fully vaccinated, while 15.8% of the population over the age of 16 have received at least one dose. More information about the distribution of vaccines can be found on the county dashboard.
State values:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 34.2 cases per 100,000 population, and the region is at the Purple or Tier 1 level.
- The percentage of test positivity is 9.1%, 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 12.1% 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 16th.
Community outbreaks:
- Seven community outbreaks were confirmed on 10 February: four in business, two in TK-12of class school settings and one in a community organization.
- In the last seven days (February 5 – February 11), 67 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:
- 20,533 tests were reported to the county on February 11, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 6.3%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 18,349.
- 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, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 817 cases were reported to the county on February 11. The total for the region is now 250,791.
- 11,372 or 4.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,539 or 0.6% of all cases and 13.5% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 24 deaths were reported with COVID-19. February 11. The total of the region is 2,979.
- 15 men and nine women died between January 14 and February 11.
- Of the 24 new deaths reported today, nine people who died were 80 or older, six were 70, seven were 60 and two were 50.
- 23 had underlying medical conditions 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.