The province continues to open vaccination clinics in communities most affected by the pandemic.
A new clinic will administer vaccines Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the North Inland First United Methodist Church, 341 Kalmia Street in Escondido.
Appointments are required for the walk-through clinic which will have the capacity to vaccinate 250 people daily.
Beginning March 30, vaccinations will be administered from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, at the Mountain View Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean Boulevard in Southeastern San Diego. The appointment-based treatment clinic has the capacity to deliver 500 doses initially, but can go up to 1,000 per day. The new clinic will replace the Central Region Immunization Clinic at 3177 Ocean View Blvd., which had a capacity of 100 vaccinations per day.
COVID-19 vaccines will also be available on March 31, César Chávez Day, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, during a one-day, open clinic without an appointment at the Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave. A total of 300 doses will be administered that day on a first-come, first-served basis, exclusively to residents of zip codes 92102 and 92113. Proof of residence, such as ID, utility bill, etc. is required.
Progress vaccination:
- More than 1.65 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the region and more than 1.56 million have been recorded as being administered. This number includes county residents as well as those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, nearly 528,000 residents of the county, or 19.6% of San Diegans ages 16 and older, have been fully immunized.
- In total, nearly 870,000 County residents have received at least one injection of the vaccine with two doses. That is 32.3% of the eligible persons.
- Those who receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine are added to the total of fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- The difference between the doses administered and the doses used in a vaccination roughly represents what is expected to be administered in the next seven days and the doses still to be entered into the registration system.
- More information on vaccine distribution can be found on the County’s vaccination dashboard. For details on currently eligible groups and vaccination options, please visit www.vaccinatiesuperstation.com.
Status statistics:
- The state-calculated, adjusted number of San Diego County cases is currently 5.5 cases per 100,000 residents. The County is in the Red Tier.
- Currently, the test positivity rate is 2.4%, placing the County in Tier 3 or the Orange Tier.
- The County health equity measure, which looks at the test positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 3.4% and is also in the Orange Tier or Tier 3.
- While two of the three statistics qualify the County for the Orange Tier or Tier 3, the state assigns counties to the more restrictive tier.
- The California Department of Public Health reviews counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.
Outbreaks in the community:
- On March 25, three new outbreaks were confirmed in the community. One in a restaurant environment, one in a nursery / kindergarten / daycare and one in a retail environment.
- In the past seven days (March 19 to March 25), 20 outbreaks were confirmed in the community.
- The number of outbreaks in the community remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- A community outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in an environment and in people from different households in the past 14 days.
To test:
- On March 25, 13,376 tests were reported to the County, and the rate of new positive cases was 3%.
- The moving average percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 2.6%. Target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average of tests is 11,710.
Case studies, hospital admissions and IC admissions:
- 422 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on March 25. The total of the region is now 269,049.
- Hospitalization was required in 14,762 or 5.5% of all cases.
- 1,636 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Five new COVID-19 deaths were reported on March 25. The total of the region is 3,525.
- Three men and two women died between January 19 and March 24. New COVID-19 deaths were reported on March 20.
- Of those who died, two were aged 80 or older, one was in their 60s and two in their 50s.
- Three had underlying medical conditions, one did not, and one had a medical history pending.
More information:
The more detailed data summaries on the The county coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 5pm.