Due to national delays in vaccine shipments, all COVID-19 vaccination points in the county or POD, as well as the North County super station in San Marcos, currently only offer appointments for the second dose.
Previous appointments for the first doses at these sites are rescheduled for next week.
In addition, Petco Park’s super vaccination station is interrupting all appointments tomorrow and Saturday. Closure may be extended until Sunday and Monday, depending on when several vaccine doses arrive.
Those affected by the cancellation of the appointment are notified through their UCSD MyChart accounts and should also check their e-mail.
Sharp Vaccination Station sites at Chula Vista Center and Grossmont Center continue to offer appointments for the first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
The county vaccination station at the Del Mar fair remains open and honors previous appointments.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended that people can wait up to 42 days between doses and still get maximum immunity. Therefore, people who have received the first dose and who experience minor delays in scheduling the second dose should not be worried. More information about COVID-19 vaccine is available at www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
State values:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 22.2 cases per 100,000 residents, and the region is at the Purple or Tier 1 level.
- The percentage of test positivity is 6.4%, placing the county in level 2 or red level. While the test positivity rate for the county qualifies it for the red level, the state uses the most restrictive value – in this case, the adjusted case rate – and assigns counties to that level. Therefore, the county remains at the Purple or Tier 1 level.
- The value of county health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 9.7% 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 23rd.
Community outbreaks:
- Six new community outbreaks were confirmed on 17 February: two in construction, one in a business setting, one in a college / university setting, one in a distribution depot and one in a food setting.
- In the last seven days (February 11 – February 17), 33 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:
- 19,845 tests were reported to the county on February 17, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 5.2%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 15,043.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 810 cases were reported to the county on February 17. In total, the region is now 254,990.
- 12,381 or 4.9% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,554 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.6% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On February 17, 36 new deaths were reported through COVID-19. The total for the region is now 3,135.
- 11 women and 25 men died between December 11 and February 17.
- Of the 36 deaths reported today, 16 people who died were 80 years old or older, seven were 70 years old, eight were 60 years old and five were 50 years old.
- 33 had underlying medical conditions and three had a pending medical history.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 17:00.