San Diego County has reached a grim stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting a total of 2,005 San Diego residents lost to the virus. This includes 53 additional deaths reported today to the County Agency for Health and Human Services.
The deaths reported today include a 19-year-old man, the youngest San Diegan who died of COVID-19 complications.
“Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of this teenager and to the families and friends of the more than 2,000 San Diegani who died of COVID-19 during this pandemic,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, officer of county public health. “We understand that the pandemic has affected the community, but today’s report reminds us that we must do everything we can to protect each other and slow down the spread of COVID-19.”
Wooten continues to urge the San Diegans to do the following:
- Wash your hands
- Keep your distance around others
- He’s wearing a mask
- When you are sick, stay home and take the test
For more information on COVID-19, test locations and vaccine distribution, visit www.coronavirus-sd.com.
ICU capacity and order of stay at home:
- The current availability of the intensive care unit (ICU) bed for the Southern California region is 0.0% and will be updated daily by the state.
- Regional home stay order it is in force and prohibits meetings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for several sectors.
- The order will last until the ICU availability of the region meets or exceeds 15%.
Community outbreaks:
- Eight new community outbreaks were confirmed on January 13: five in business settings, one in a community organization, one in a care / preschool / child care setting, and one in a government setting.
- In the last seven days (January 7 to January 13), 48 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:
- 42,878 tests were reported to the county on January 13, and the percentage of new positive cases was 6%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 13.6%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 27,146.
- 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 or who have attended holiday meetings are also urged to be tested.
Cases:
- 2,595 cases were reported to the county on January 13. The total for the region is now 204,175.
- 6,809 or 3.3% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,280 or 0.6% of all cases and 18.8% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 53 new COVID-19 deaths were reported to the county on January 13. The total for the region is now 2,005.
- 23 women and 30 men died between November 28 and January 13.
- Of the 53 new deaths reported on January 13, 27 people who died were 80 years old or older, 13 people were 70 years old, eight people were 60 years old, three people were 50 years old, one person was 20 years old. for years and one person was a teenager.
- 51 had underlying medical conditions, one had no and one 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.