Here’s today’s update for COVID-19 from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data as of March 10.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.27 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to the region and more than 1.16 million have been registered as administered. This number includes county residents and those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those who have been vaccinated to date, nearly 386,000 county residents, or 14.4% of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are fully immunized.
- Overall, more than 678,000 county residents received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That is 25.2% 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 cases adjusted and calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 8.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of March 9) and the region is in the Purple Layer or Layer 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:
- Two new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 10: one in a commercial setting and the other in a grocery store.
- In the past seven days (March 4 to 10), 13 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:
- 16,204 tests were notified to the municipality on March 10, and the percentage of new positive cases was 3%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 3.1%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 12,977.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 430 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 10. The total for the region is now 264,527.
- 13,306 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,618 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Nine new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 10. The total for the region is 3,422.
- Eight men and one woman died between 23 February and 9 March.
- Of the nine deaths recorded on March 10, two people who died were aged 80 or over, three were in their 70s, three in their 60s and one in their 50s.
- Eight had underlying medical conditions and one did not.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found in the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 pm daily.