Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Agency for Health and Human Services, with data until April 12.
Vaccination progress:
- Nearly 2.28 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the region and approximately 2.2 million were registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated to date, more than 745,000 county residents, or 27.7% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are completely immunized.
- Overall, nearly 1.2 million residents in the county received at least one photo of the two-dose vaccine. This represents 44.3% of those eligible.
- Those who received the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, which is currently pending in the county due to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, add to the total of fully vaccinated San Diego residents.
- 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 on the county dashboard. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State values:
- The state-adjusted adjusted case rate for the state of San Diego is currently 6.0 cases per 100,000 population (as of April 13) and this data places the region at the red level or level 2. (The county remains at the Orange level or T3 below immediately after state guidance.)
- The California Department of Public Health recently advised that unless there are mitigating circumstances, such as low vaccine absorption rates, a county will move to a more restrictive level only if hospitalizations increase significantly among people. vulnerable, especially among vaccinated individuals and in both tests. positivity and adjusted case rates show a worrying increase in transmission. This is not currently the case in the region, and the county remains at the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- Currently, the percentage of test positivity is 2.5%, 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 3.0% and is also in the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- CDPH evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th.
Community outbreaks:
- No new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 12.
- In the last seven days (April 6 to April 12), 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:
- 12,404 tests were reported to the county on April 12, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The average continuous percentage of 14 days of positive cases is 2%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 12,549.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 278 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on April 12. The total for the region is now 273,708.
- 15,024 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,665 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Two new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on April 12. The total of the region is 3,623.
- A woman and a man died between February 26 and April 9.
- Of the people who died, one was 80 years old or older and one was over 60 years old.
- Both had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 17:00.