Public health officials in San Luis Obispo County are reporting 112 new cases of COVID-19 in two days, bringing the county total to 19,612 confirmed cases on February 25.
Eighty-two new cases were added on Wednesday and 30 new cases were added on Thursday.
The daily figures were not released on Wednesday due to a delay in state data.
Six additional COVID-19-related deaths have also been reported. To date, SLO County has recorded 227 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say 24 people are currently hospitalized. Another 551 are recovering at home and health officials say 18,796 people have recovered.
Seventeen of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the municipality are currently occupied. Five of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,879
- San Luis Obispo – 3,677
- California Men’s Colony (Inmates) – 2,379
- Atascadero – 1,834
- Nipomo – 1,486
- Arroyo Grande – 1,387
- Grover Beach – 811
- Ocean – 673
- Templeton – 591
- San Miguel – 484
- Los Osos – 448
- Morro Bay – 404
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 341
- Pismo Beach – 312
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 174
- Shandon – 139
- Santa Margarita – 128
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 27
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The locations of an additional 48 cases are under investigation and another eight are listed as “others”, which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health is not identifying these locations.
The testing sites of the COVID-19 community are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointments are available, but walk-ins are also being accepted. Click here to schedule an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is vaccinating health workers and residents 65 and older. For details on how to make an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.