Here is today’s update for COVID-19 from the County Human Services and Health Agency with data as of March 24.
Vaccination progress:
- Almost 1.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to the region and more than 1.5 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 519,000 residents of the county, or 19.3% of residents of San Diegans aged 16 and over, are fully immunized.
- Overall, more than 853,000 county residents received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccines. That is 31.7% 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 the test’s 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:
- Four new community outbreaks were confirmed on March 24. Two in commercial settings, one in a hotel / resort / spa and one in a retail setting.
- In the past seven days (March 16-24), 18 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:
- 17,596 exams were notified to the county on March 24, and the percentage of new positive cases was 1%.
- The average continuous percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 2.5%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 11,441.
ICU cases, hospitalizations and admissions:
- 210 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 24. The total for the region is now 268,627.
- 14,023 or 5.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,630 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.6% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 11 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on March 24. The total for the region is 3,520.
- Two women and nine men died between January 19 and March 23.
- Of the people who died, four were 80 years old or more, three were 70 years old, one was 60 years old, two were 50 years old and one was 40 years old.
- Ten 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 5pm daily.