San Luis Obispo County reported 38 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the county total to 19,248 confirmed cases on February 17.
Health officials say 23 people are hospitalized. Another 790 are recovering at home and health officials say 18,196 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reported that 17 of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the county are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
SLO County had 210 deaths attributed to the virus.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,804
- San Luis Obispo – 3,612
- California Men’s Colony (Inmates) – 2,375
- Atascadero – 1,787
- Nipomo – 1,447
- Arroyo Grande – 1,351
- Grover Beach – 782
- Ocean – 659
- Templeton – 571
- San Miguel – 468
- Los Osos – 437
- Morro Bay – 392
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 339
- Pismo Beach – 308
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 205
- Cambria – 172
- Shandon – 135
- Santa Margarita – 127
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The sites of 68 additional cases are under investigation and another seven are listed as “others”, which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health is not identifying these locations.
The test 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.
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.