Here’s today’s update for COVID-19 from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data as of March 8, 2021.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to the region and more than 1.1 million have been registered as administered. Of those vaccinated to date, more than 355,000 people, or 13.2% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are fully immunized.
- Overall, more than 651,000 county residents received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That is 24.2% 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 adjusted and calculated cases by the state of San Diego is currently 8.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of March 9) and the region is at Purple Level or Level 1.
- The percentage of positivity of the test is 3.3%, placing the County at Level 3 or at Orange Level. Although the test positivity rate for the county qualifies you for Level 3, 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 4.5% and is at Orange Level or Level 3. This metric does not move counties to more restrictive levels , but it is necessary to move to a less restrictive layer.
- The California Department of Public Health evaluates counties weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March. 16
Community configuration outbreaks:
- No new outbreaks in the community were confirmed on March 8.
- In the last seven days (2 to 8 March), 24 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 last 14 days.
Test:
- 11,766 tests were notified to the municipality on March 8, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 3.2%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 13,187.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 473 cases were reported to the county on March 8. The total for the region now stands at 263,748.
- 13,282 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,615 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 15 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 8. The total for the region is 3,405.
- Four women and 11 men died between January 15 and March 7.
- Of the 15 deaths recorded on March 8, seven people who died were aged 80 or over, three were in their 70s, two in their 60s, two in their 50s and one in their 30s.
- 14 had underlying medical conditions 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.