With Easter weekend ahead, the County Health and Human Services Agency wants to remind San Diegans to celebrate the holiday safely. While COVID-19 case numbers remain well below the December and January highs, it is too early to let your guard down and attend meetings without certain precautions.
Unvaccinated San Diegans must continue to adhere to current California Department of Public Health guidelines and keep meetings small and short. Meetings should not include more than three households in total.
Participants should wear a face cover when not eating and adhere to social distancing practices. Indoor gatherings are allowed, but outdoor gatherings are recommended.
Under new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, those who are fully vaccinated can begin to relax restrictions and attend meetings with other fully vaccinated people.
“While new CDC guidelines state that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to collect indoors or outdoors without a face covering, we know that currently only about one in five San Diegans ages 16 and older is fully immunized,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, County Public Health Officer. “I encourage everyone to follow best practices for their situation to safely celebrate this vacation and keep us on track to get back to all the activities we enjoy.”
Easter tests and vaccinations
Several testing and vaccination sites in the province will pause on Sunday for the Easter holidays. The following sites will remain open, with adjusted opening times:
- The non-appointment testing sites in Cal State San Marcos and Tubman Chavez Community Center are open with reduced hours from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- The vaccination sites at the North Coastal Live Well Center, Lemon Grove Community Center, and South Region Public Health Center are open from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
- The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and Borderview YMCA vaccine sites will be closed on Easter.
Progress vaccination:
- Nearly 1.89 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the region and nearly 1.76 million have been recorded as administered. This number includes county residents as well as those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, more than 586,000 residents of the county, or 21.8% of San Diegans ages 16 and older, have been fully immunized.
- In total, more than 975,000 residents of the county have received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That’s 36.3% of those who qualify.
- 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 4.9 cases per 100,000 residents. The County is in the Red Tier.
- Currently, the test positivity rate is 2.1%, placing the County in Tier 3 or the Orange Tier.
- The County health equity measure, which looks at test positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 2.7% 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, April 6.
Outbreaks in the community:
- On April 1, two new outbreaks were confirmed in the community, one in a restaurant / bar and one in a retail setting.
- In the past seven days (March 26 to April 1), 10 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:
- 18,435 tests were reported to the county on April 1, and the rate of new positive cases was 3%.
- The moving average percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 2.3%. Target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average of tests is 12,500.
Case studies, hospital admissions and IC admissions:
- As of March 31, 496 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the County. The total of the region is now 271,035.
- Hospitalization was required in 14,855 or 5.5% of all cases.
- 1,651 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 13 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on April 1. The total of the region is 3,568.
- Four women and nine men died between January 11 and April 1.
- Of those who died, three were aged 80 or older, seven were in their seventies, two in their sixties, and one in their fifties.
- They all had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
The more detailed data summaries on the The county coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 5pm.