San Luis Obispo County added 151 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total number to 18,038 confirmed cases starting Feb. 2.
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in the county increased by one case, to a total of 178 deaths.
Health officials say 51 people are currently hospitalized. Another 1,105 people are recovering at home, and health officials say 16,673 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 19 of the 38 licensed and ICU beds in the county are currently occupied. Eleven of these are taken by patients with COVID-19.
Updated reopening marks were also launched on Tuesday, and San Luis Obispo County remains solid in purple.
While the county meets the positivity rates needed to move to the next level, the county’s adjusted case rate improved only slightly to 22.6 from the previous week’s 23.8, still well over the 7% needed to move to the red level.
To move to the next level, the county must remain in the purple level for at least three weeks and meet the state’s adjusted case rate and test the positivity criteria.
San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,533
- San Luis Obispo – 3,249
- California Men’s Colony (detainees) – 2,365
- Atascadero – 1,653
- Nipomo – 1,335
- Arroyo Grande – 1,276
- Grover Beach – 738
- Ocean – 623
- Templeton – 533
- San Miguel – 443
- Bears – 418
- Gulf of Morro – 366
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 335
- Pismo Beach – 287
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 164
- Shandon – 130
- Saint Margaret – 121
- Creston – 76
- Cayucos – 64
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 16
- Bradley – 7
The location of an additional 68 cases is under investigation, and another six are listed as “other”, which includes communities with less than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these locations.
COVID-19 community testing sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointments are required in all locations. Click here to schedule an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County currently vaccinates health care workers and residents age 75 and older. For details on how to make an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.