The federal government announced today that it is stepping up efforts to bring all overdue doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to their destination by the end of next week.
County health officials say the region is prepared to administer as many doses as arrive locally.
“We have the mechanism to be able to administer all the doses we receive in San Diego County,” said Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, county public health officer. “In the meantime, we are asking the San Diegans to be patient. As the late doses arrive, we will administer them to everyone who has an appointment and release new schedules. “
Notification of changed appointments
Currently, all county COVID-19 vaccination dispensing points, or PODs, and Northern County Super Station in San Marcos are only offering second dose appointments.
Appointments for the first doses at these locations are being rescheduled for next week. You must be notified of the date and time of your new appointment via the MyTurn appointment system or by email.
In addition, the Petco Park super vaccination station is interrupting all appointments until Saturday. The site may remain closed Sunday and Monday, depending on when more doses of the vaccine arrive.
If your appointment has been canceled, you must be notified through your UC San Diego Health MyChart account. You should also check your email.
Sharp HealthCare super vaccination station locations in Chula Vista Center and Grossmont Center are still offering Pfizer’s first and second dose of vaccines.
If appointments need to be changed at Sharp’s locations, you will be notified via PrepMod, your appointment system or via email. If you have questions about vaccination on these two sites, you can send an email to [email protected].
If you have received your first dose, you should not worry about the small delays in making the second dose. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised that people can wait up to 42 days between doses and still achieve maximum immunity.
More information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available at www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.
State metrics:
- The rate of cases adjusted and calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 22.2 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is at Purple Level or Level 1.
- The test’s positive percentage is 6.4%, placing the County at Level 2 or Red Level. Although the test positivity rate for the county qualifies you for the red level, the state uses the most restrictive metric – in this case, the adjusted case rate – and assigns counties to that level. Therefore, the Shire remains at Purple Level or Level 1.
- The county health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 9.7% and is at Purple or Level 1. This metric does not move counties to more restrictive levels , but it is necessary to proceed to a less restrictive layer.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- Four new community outbreaks were confirmed on February 18: two in commercial settings, one in a day care center / preschool / day care center and one in a retail environment.
- In the last seven days (12-18 February), 30 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 families in the past 14 days.
Test:
- 14,822 tests were notified to the county on February 18, and the percentage of new positive cases was 5%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 5.1%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 14,227.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 812 cases were reported to the county on February 18. The total for the region is now 255,802.
- 12,467 or 4.9% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,552 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.4% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to the intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 34 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on February 18. The total for the region now stands at 3,169.
- 19 men and 15 women died between December 25 and February 18.
- Of the 34 deaths reported today, 16 people who died were 80 years old or more, six people were in their 70s, five in their 60s, four in their 50s, one in their 40s and two in their 40s. 30 years.
- 30 had underlying medical conditions, two did not and two had pending medical history.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found in the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 pm daily.