The County Council of Supervisors received the first update of the year on the COVID-19 response in the region. It was also the first public briefing for COVID-19 for the three new board members who took the oath last week.
The Council voted to increase the implementation of businesses and operations that do not comply with safe reopening plans and extended the Great Plates Delivered program, offering free meals and revenue compensation programs. The Council also voted to ensure that enforcement efforts are consistently applied on the basis of scientific data on how and where COVID-19 is spread.
Board members also directed staff to consider whether it is possible to exclude from eligibility for COVID-19 financial assistance programs companies that have repeatedly violated public health orders.
So far, the county has received over 17,000 complaints regarding violations of health orders, and the county’s safe reopening compliance team has issued 335 cessation and waiver orders. Violation complaints have grown exponentially since the region moved to the Purple Tier in November, with more than half of all complaints made in the last month.
Launch of the COVID-19 vaccine
Currently, the supply of vaccines remains limited and only San Dieganii fall Phase 1A from the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine can be vaccinated. This includes primarily people working in the health sector and employees and residents of long-term care institutions. Medical personnel who are currently eligible for vaccination are encouraged to contact the medical provider first to request vaccination.
Phase 1A eligible residents who are unable to be vaccinated through their healthcare provider can make an online appointment at www.VaccinationSuperStationSD.com. Appointments are limited, and individuals are encouraged to check the website regularly if they cannot make an appointment immediately.
“We understand that the demand for COVID-19 vaccination is high and that our community has many questions about the vaccination process,” said Nick Macchione, director of the County Agency for Health and Human Services. “The county will soon launch a website function that will clarify the tier system and allow the general public to sign up for notifications about when and where they can get their COVID-19 vaccine. A dashboard is also under development, which will show how many San Diegans have been vaccinated with the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine. ”
ICU capacity and order of stay at home:
- The current availability of the intensive care unit (ICU) bed for the Southern California region is 0.0% and will be updated daily by the state.
- Regional home stay order it is in force and prohibits meetings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for several sectors.
- The order will last until the ICU availability of the region meets or exceeds 15%.
Community outbreaks:
- Six new outbreaks were confirmed on January 11: two in business, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a faith-based agency, one in a government setting, and one in a medical setting.
- In the last seven days (January 5 to January 11), 48 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:
- 18,119 tests were reported to the county on January 11, and the percentage of new positive cases was 19%.
- The average continuous 14-day percentage of positive cases is 13.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 27,474.
- People at higher risk of COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should be tested. Healthcare and key workers should also receive a test, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are severely affected. Those who have recently returned from travel or who have attended holiday meetings are also urged to be tested.
Cases:
- 3,524 cases were reported to the county on January 11. The total for the region is now 198,319.
- 6,313 or 3.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,273 or 0.6% of all cases and 20.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
deaths:
- 41 new COVID-19 deaths were reported to the county on January 11. The total for the region is now 1,898.
- 14 women and 27 men died between December 17 and January 10.
- Of the 41 new deaths reported, 16 people who died were 80 years old or older, eight people were 70 years old, 14 people were 60 years old, two people were 50 years old and one person was 40 years old.
- 34 had underlying medical conditions, one did not have and six had a pending medical history.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 17:00.