An additional half a million people in San Diego County will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, but supplies remain limited and are expected to take weeks before anyone included in the next level of eligibility can be vaccinated.
Those working in emergency services, education and childcare, as well as in food and agriculture can start receiving vaccinations from 27 February. Each of these sectors includes a wide variety of occupations and there are vaccination plans for certain subsets of these groups.
Those who are not covered by specific immunization plans for their occupation should contact their primary care physician or schedule an appointment at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
Newly eligible essential workers
Emergency services include law enforcement officers, whose immunization appointments will be coordinated by Scripps Health. Others in this sector include those working in 911 call centers, building security, disaster monitoring and responding to hazardous materials.
Education and childcare include all teachers and staff in these facilities. Those who work in the transition kindergarten up to 12 yearsof the degree will have appointments coordinated by the County Bureau of Education through the California VEBA Schools. He has to use vebavaccinates.com and should not show up at vaccination sites before a VEBA-confirmed schedule
Educational staff working in child care institutions or in higher education not covered by California Schools VEBA should go through the primary care physician or visit vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
Food and agriculture include workers for any grocery store or shop; those who support the development of restaurants and the rapid serving of food operations, including food preparation; food manufacturing; a variety of support functions for the food and feed industry.
The food and agriculture sector also includes agricultural workers. They will be at the center of a campaign by Operation Collaboration, a coalition of firefighters and medical staff providing COVID-19 vaccines throughout the region. Operation Collaboration will visit the fields and agricultural areas to deliver vaccines to workers in remote areas of the county.
Newly eligible groups are added to health workers and anyone aged 65 and over. People aged 16 and over with underlying conditions, regardless of occupation, can start registering for vaccinations on March 15.
State values:
- The state-adjusted adjusted rate, the San Diego region, is currently 15 cases per 100,000 residents (as of February 23), and the region is in the Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The percentage of test positivity is 5%, 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 the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 7.4% and is in the red level or level 2. 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, March. 2.
Community outbreaks:
- Seven new community outbreaks were confirmed on 24 February: four in business settings, one in a care / preschool / childcare setting, one in a faith-based agency setting and one in a commercial setting.
- In the last seven days (February 18 to February 24), 30 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:
- 18,830 tests were reported to the county on February 24, and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 4.4%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 14,464.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 519 cases were reported to the county on February 24. The total for the region is now 258,982.
- 13,095 or 5.1% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,580 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 30 new deaths were reported with COVID-19. 24 February. The total of the region is 3,260.
- Twelve women and 18 men died between January 14 and February 24.
- Of the 30 deaths reported on February 24, 10 people who died were 80 years old or older, nine were 70 years old, eight were 60 years old, one was 50 years old and two were 40 years old.
- Twenty-seven had underlying medical conditions, two did not have it, and one has 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.