The county continues to open vaccination clinics in communities most affected by the pandemic.
A new clinic will be administering vaccines from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday at North Inland’s First United Methodist Church, 341 Kalmia Street in Escondido.
It is necessary to schedule the clinic, which will have the capacity to vaccinate 250 people per day.
Starting March 30, vaccines will be administered from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday, at the Mountain View Cultural Education Complex, 4343 Ocean Boulevard, in southeastern San Diego. The appointment clinic will have the capacity to administer 500 doses initially, but may increase to 1,000 per day. The new clinic replaces the Central Region Immunization Clinic on 3177 Ocean View Blvd., which had a capacity for 100 vaccinations per day.
COVID-19 vaccines will also be available on March 31, César Chávez Day, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, in an unmarked one-day clinic at Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave. A total of 300 doses will be administered on that day in order of arrival, exclusively for residents of postal codes 92102 and 92113. It will be necessary to present proof of residence, such as identity, electricity bill, etc.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.65 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to the region and more than 1.56 million have been registered as administered. This number includes county residents and those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated to date, nearly 528,000 county residents, or 19.6% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are fully immunized.
- Overall, nearly 870,000 county residents received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That is 32.3% of those eligible.
- Those who received the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine are being added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- The difference between the doses administered and those used in a vaccination represents approximately what is expected to be administered in the next seven days and the doses yet to be entered into the registration system.
- More information on vaccine distribution can be found on the county’s vaccination panel. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State metrics:
- The rate of cases adjusted and calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 5.5 cases per 100,000 residents. The county is at the red level.
- Currently, the percentage of positivity of the test is 2.4%, placing the County at Level 3 or at Orange Level.
- The county’s health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 3.4% and is also at Orange Level or Level 3.
- While two of the three metrics qualify the county for Orange or Level 3, the state assigns counties to the most restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 25. One in a restaurant, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare and one in a retail establishment.
- In the past seven days (March 19-25), 20 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
- The number of outbreaks in the community remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- An outbreak in a community setting is defined as three or more cases of COVID-19 in an environment and in people from different households in the past 14 days.
Test:
- 13,376 tests were notified to the county on March 25, and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 2.6%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 11,710.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 422 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 25. The total for the region is now 269,049.
- 14,762 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,636 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to the intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Five new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 25. The total for the region is 3,525.
- Three men and two women died between January 19 and March 24. New deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 20.
- Of the people who died, two were 80 years old or more, one was 60 years old and two were 50 years old.
- Three had underlying medical conditions, one did not and one had an outstanding medical history.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found in the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 pm daily.