Efforts to expand the county’s COVID-19 vaccination now include opening a site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center. As of today, the site will offer the vaccination COVID-19 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm every Friday and Saturday.
The Tubman Chavez Community Center website is one of more than a dozen websites operated by the county and its partners. All county clinics are vaccinating people in Phase 1A and people aged 65 and over in Phase 1B and compromises are needed.
A new interactive map shows all vaccination sites operated by the county that now offer consultations. The map can be accessed through the vaccinationsuperstationsd.com on the Internet network. People aged 75 and over who do not have access to a computer or the Internet can call 2-1-1 for help in scheduling an appointment.
“We are making an ongoing effort to expand vaccination sites across the county, especially in communities that have been hit hard by COVID-19,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, county public health officer. “When it is your turn to get vaccinated, take advantage of this free service, as the vaccine is the best tool we have to end this pandemic.”
An additional vaccination site will be online on the California State University San Marcos campus on Sunday, January 31. The new pedestrian site will be vaccinating people, by appointment, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm from Sunday to Thursday and appointments to this site will be available tomorrow afternoon.
County, UC San Diego Health Seeking Volunteer Vaccinators
County and UC San Diego Health are looking for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to be COVID-19 vaccinators at the Vaccination Super Station in Petco Park. The site offers assistance from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, seven days a week, with the greatest need for volunteers being from 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm on weekdays.
Volunteers are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those interested in volunteering can learn more or register here.
State metrics:
- The rate of adjusted and calculated cases by the state of San Diego is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is in Purple Layer or Layer 1.
- The test’s positive percentage is 12.6%, placing the county at Level 1 or Purple Level.
- The county health equity metric, which analyzes test positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 16.7% and is at Purple or Level 1. This metric does not move counties to more restrictive levels , but it is necessary to proceed to the less restrictive layer.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2.
Community configuration outbreaks:
- 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on January 28: three in commercial settings, two in TK-12 school settings, one in a community organization, one in a day care center / preschool / day care center, one in a distribution depot, one in one government environment, one in a healthcare environment and the other in a retail environment.
- In the last seven days (January 22 to January 28), 59 community outbreaks were 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:
- 28,595 tests were notified to the county on January 28, and the percentage of new positive cases was 6%.
- The average continuous percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 9.0%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 21,407.
- People at higher risk for COVID-19 with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should get tested. Health professionals and essentials should also be tested, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are being highly affected. Those who have recently returned from a trip must also take the test.
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 from COVID-19 were reported on January 28. The total for the region is 2,571.
- 18 women and 19 men died between 29 December and 27 January.
- Of the 37 deaths reported today, 19 people who died were 80 years old or more, 10 people were in their 70s, five people in their 60s, two people in their 50s and one person in their 40s.
- 36 had underlying medical conditions and one had no medical condition.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found in the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5pm daily.