San Luis Obispo County added 315 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total number to 15,929 confirmed cases since Jan. 19.
Health officials say 53 people are hospitalized. Another 2,443 people are recovering at home, and health officials say 12,923 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 15 of the 38 licensed beds and ICU staff in the county are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by patients with COVID-19.
The county also added an additional death, bringing the total to 136 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,145
- San Luis Obispo – 2,846
- California Men’s Colony (detainees) – 2,142
- Atascadero – 1,396
- Arroyo Grande – 1,144
- Nipomo – 1,123
- Grover Beach – 679
- Ocean – 549
- 465. Templeton
- San Miguel – 398
- Bears – 351
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 324
- Gulf of Morro – 319
- Pismo Beach – 253
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 187
- Cambria – 133
- Shandon – 118
- Saint Margaret – 104
- Creston – 65
- Cayucos – 55
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 13
The location of an additional 85 cases is under investigation, and nine more are listed as “others”, 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.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.