San Luis Obispo County added 315 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county total to 15,929 confirmed cases on January 19.
Health officials say 53 people are hospitalized. Another 2,443 people are recovering at home and health officials say 12,923 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reported that 15 of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the county are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
The county also added an additional death, bringing the total to 136 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,145
- San Luis Obispo – 2,846
- California Men’s Colony (Inmates) – 2,142
- Atascadero – 1,396
- Arroyo Grande – 1,144
- Nipomo – 1,123
- Grover Beach – 679
- Ocean – 549
- Templeton – 465
- San Miguel – 398
- Los Osos – 351
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 324
- Morro Bay – 319
- Pismo Beach – 253
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 187
- Cambria – 133
- Shandon – 118
- Santa Margarita – 104
- Creston – 65
- Cayucos – 55
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 13
The location of 85 additional cases is under investigation and a further nine 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 mandatory in all locations. Click here to schedule an appointment.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.