Starting April 15, all people aged 16 and over will be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Every San Diegan who qualifies for the vaccine can now get vaccinated,” said Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, a county public health officer. “The vaccine is the best protection we have against COVID-19. Take your picture as fast as you can. ”
Currently, only Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are available in the region. The use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been discontinued while it is being reviewed following recent safety concerns.
Starting April 15, all people aged 16 and over will be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Every San Diegan who qualifies for the vaccine can now be vaccinated,” said Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, a county public health officer. “The vaccine is the best protection we have against COVID-19. Shoot yourself as fast as you can. ”
Currently, only Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are available in the region. The use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been discontinued while it is being reviewed following recent safety concerns.
New guidelines for meetings
Also coming into force on April 15 are new guidelines on gatherings, private and indoor live events and shows.
In the Orange level, where the county is located, outdoor activities of up to 50 people are allowed. Internal meetings are strongly discouraged, but are allowed with modifications even if they do not exceed 25 people.
Private outdoor events are allowed for up to 100 people; 300 people, if all guests show proof of a recent COVID-19 test or a complete vaccination. A maximum of 150 is allowed at an indoor event if everyone has been tested or has evidence of complete vaccination.
Only people living in the state are allowed to participate in events or shows indoors, in a chair, live. For places with a capacity of up to 1,500, a maximum of 15% or 200 people can participate; 35% if all guests tested negative or were completely vaccinated for COVID-19.
A complete list of activities that can take place at different levels and additional assembly guidelines can be found here.
Vaccination progress:
- Nearly 2.28 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the region and approximately 2.16 million were registered as administered. This number includes both county residents and those working in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated to date, more than 757,000 residents in the county, or 28.2% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are completely immunized.
- In total, almost 1.22 million residents of the county received at least one photo of the two-dose vaccine. This represents 45.2% of those eligible.
- The goal is to fully vaccinate 75% of San Diego County residents over the age of 16 or 2,017,011 people.
- Those who received the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, which is currently pending in the county, due to the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration, is added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diego.
- The difference between the doses given and those used in a vaccine is about what is expected to be given in the next seven days and the doses to be entered into the registration system.
- More information about the distribution of vaccines can be found on the county dashboard. For vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State values:
- The state-adjusted case rate in San Diego County is currently 6.0 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 13).
- The county remains at the Orange or Tier 3 level under the new guidance of the state. The California Department of Public Health recently recommended that unless there are mitigating circumstances, such as low vaccine absorption, a county will move to a more restrictive level only if hospitalizations increase significantly among people. vulnerable, especially among vaccinated individuals and in both tests. positivity and adjusted case rates show a worrying increase in transmission. This is not currently the case in the region.
- Currently, the percentage of test positivity is 2.5%, placing the county in level 3 or Orange level.
- The value of the county’s health equity, which analyzes the positivity of testing for the areas with the lowest health conditions, is 3.0% and is also in the Orange or Tier 3 level.
- CDPH evaluates counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th.
Community outbreaks:
- Eight new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 13: two were in a restaurant / bar, one in a commercial setting, one in a grocery store, one in a commercial setting, one in a private residence setting, and one in a government setting.
- In the last seven days (April 7 to April 13), 17 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:
- 16,297 tests were reported to the county on April 13, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The average percentage of 14 positive cases is 1.9%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days of tests is 12,831.
Cases, hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU:
- 260 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on April 13. The total for the region is now 273,968.
- 15,033 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,666 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- An additional 25 deaths were reported with COVID-19. April 13. The total of the region is 3,648.
- Most of these are not new deaths – 21 occurred in December 2020 – but were just added to the list after a rigorous review of death certificates that were incorrect or incomplete and required analysis of patients’ medical records to determine if there were COVID- 19 deaths.
- 13 men and 12 women between December 3, 2020 and April 10, 2021.
- Of those who died, 12 were 80 years of age or older, seven were 70 years old, five were 60 years old, and one was 50 years old.
- They all had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
More detailed summaries of the data found on County website coronavirus-sd.com are updated daily around 17:00.