The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the county now includes the opening of a site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center. Starting today, the site will offer COVID-19 vaccinations from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday.
The site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center is one of more than a dozen sites operated by the county and its partners. All county clinics vaccinate people in Phase 1A and people aged 65 and over in Phase 1B and meetings are needed.
A new interactive map shows all county-run vaccination sites that now offer appointments. The map can be accessed through vaccinationsuperstationsd.com website. People over the age of 75 who do not have access to a computer or the Internet can call 2-1-1 for assistance in scheduling a meeting.
“We are making a continuous effort to expand vaccination sites across the country, especially in communities that have been severely affected by COVID-19,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, the county’s public health officer. “When it’s your turn to get vaccinated, please take advantage of this free service, because the vaccine is the best tool we have to end this pandemic.”
An additional vaccination site will come online to the California State University San Marcos campus on Sunday, January 31st. The new pedestrian site will vaccinate people, with appointments, from 9:30 to 17:30 Sunday through Thursday and appointments for that site will become available tomorrow afternoon.
County, UC San Diego, looking for volunteer vaccinators
The county and UC San Diego Health are looking for doctors, nurses and other professional medical staff to be COVID-19 vaccinators at the Super Vaccination Station in Petco Park. The site offers appointments between 7:00 and 19:00 seven days a week, and the greatest need for volunteers is between 12:30 and 20:00 on weekdays.
Volunteers are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those interested in volunteering can find out more or register here.
State values:
- The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 residents, and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The percentage of test positivity is 12.6%, placing the county in level 1 or purple level.
- The value of county health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 16.7% and is in Purple or Level 1. This value does not move counties to more restrictive levels, but it is necessary to advance to a less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2.
Community outbreaks:
- 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on 28 January: three in business, two in TK-12 schools, one in a community organization, one in a care / preschool / childcare setting, one in a warehouse distribution, one in a governmental framework, one in a medical framework and one in a commercial framework.
- In the last seven days (January 22 to January 28), 59 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:
- 28,595 tests were reported to the county on January 28, and the percentage of new positive cases was 6%.
- The average percentage of 14 days of positive cases is 9.0%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 21,407.
- People at higher risk of COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should be tested. Nurses and essential 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 are also urged to be tested.
Cases:
- 1,670 cases were reported to the county on January 28. The total for the region is now 234,640.
- 9,785 or 4.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,401 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 37 new deaths were reported through COVID-19 on January 28. The total of the region is 2,571.
- 18 women and 19 men died between December 29 and January 27.
- Of the 37 deaths reported today, 19 people who died were 80 years old or older, 10 people were 70 years old, five people were 60 years old, two people were 50 years old and one person was 40 years old.
- 36 had underlying medical conditions and one had no medical conditions.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 17:00.