Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data as of March 22.
Vaccination progress:
- More than 1.59 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to the region and more than 1.44 million have been registered as administered. This number includes county residents and those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated to date, more than 504,000 county residents, or 18.8% of San Diegans 16 and older, are fully immunized.
- Overall, more than 823,000 county residents received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That is 30.6% 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:
- No new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 22.
- In the last seven days (16 to 22 March), 16 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:
- 11,456 tests were notified to the municipality on March 22, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 2.7%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily 7-day test average is 11,482.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 243 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 22. The total for the region is now 268,160.
- 13,969 or 5.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,628 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.7% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Four new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 22. The total for the region is 3,498.
- One woman and three men died between 19 and 21 March.
- A person who died was 80 years old, one was 70 years old, one was 60 years old and one was 50 years old.
- All had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
The most detailed data summaries found in the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5pm daily.