Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Agency for Health and Human Services, with data until March 22.
Vaccination progress:
- Over 1.59 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the region and over 1.44 million were registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, more than 504,000 residents of the county, or 18.8% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are completely immunized.
- In total, over 823,000 county residents received at least one photo of the two-dose vaccine. That is 30.6% of those eligible.
- Those who receive the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- The difference between the doses given and those used in a vaccine is about what is expected to be given in the next seven days and the doses to be entered into the registration system.
- More information about the distribution of vaccines can be found in the county dashboard. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State values:
- The state-adjusted adjusted case rate in San Diego County is currently 5.5 cases per 100,000 residents. The county is in the red level.
- Currently, the percentage of test positivity is 2.4%, placing the county in level 3 or Orange level.
- The value of the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 3.4% and is also in the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- While two of the three values qualify the county for the Orange level or level 3, the state assigns the counties to the more restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.
Community outbreaks:
- No new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 22.
- In the last seven days (March 16 to March 22), 16 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:
- 11,456 tests were reported to the county on March 22, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The average continuous percentage of 14 days of positive cases is 2.7%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 11,482.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 243 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 22. The total for the region is now 268,160.
- 13,969 or 5.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,628 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.7% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Four new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 22. The total of the region is 3,498.
- A woman and three men died between March 19 and 21.
- One person who died was 80 years old, one was 70 years old, one was 60 and one was 50 years old.
- They all had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County website coronavirus-sd.com are updated daily around 17:00.