San Luis Obispo County health officials reported 57 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the county’s total number to 19,340 confirmed cases since Feb. 19.
The county has also added seven new COVID-19 deaths. So far, SLO County has recorded 217 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say 22 people are currently hospitalized. Another 684 are recovering at home, and health officials say 18,395 people have recovered.
Seventeen of the 38 licensed and staffed UCI beds in the county are currently occupied. Nine of them are taken by patients with COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,823
- San Luis Obispo – 3,631
- California Men’s Colony (detainees) – 2,377
- Atascadero – 1,794
- Nipomo – 1,454
- Arroyo Grande – 1,359
- Grover Beach – 796
- Ocean – 664
- 575. Templeton
- San Miguel – 472
- Bears – 438
- Gulf of Morro – 393
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 339
- Pismo Beach – 308
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 205
- Cambria – 174
- Shandon – 136
- Saint Margaret – 128
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The locations of an additional 64 cases are under investigation, and another eight 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 65 and older. For details on how to make an appointment, click here.
For more information about the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.