Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Dec. 21.
ICU Capacity and Stay Home Order:
- Current ICU capacity for the Southern California region is now 0.0% and will be updated daily by the state.
- The Regional Stay Home Order is still in effect and prohibits gatherings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for multiple industries.
- The order will take a minimum of three weeks or until the region’s ICU capacity is 15% or more. The order will be reviewed by the state after the three-week period.
Outbreaks in the community:
- On December 21, five new outbreaks were confirmed in the community: two in corporate settings, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare, one in a TK-12 school setting, and one in a government setting.
- In the past seven days (December 15 through December 21), 39 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:
- 24,031 tests were reported to the County on Dec. 21, and the rate of new lab-confirmed cases was 10%.
- The moving average percentage of positive cases within 14 days is 9.7%. Target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average of tests is 28,584.
- People at higher risk for COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with symptoms should be tested. Healthcare and essential workers should also be tested, as well as people who have been in close contact with a positive cause or live in highly affected communities. Those who have recently returned from travel or who have attended vacation gatherings are also urged to get tested.
Cases:
- On December 21, 2,381 new cases were reported to the County. The total of the region is now 132,098.
- Hospitalization was required in 5,492 or 4.2% of all cases.
- 1,155 or 0.9% of all cases and 21% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- On December 21, 28 new COVID-19 deaths were reported to the County. The region’s total is now 1,311.
- 16 men and 12 women died between December 9 and December 21, and their ages ranged from the early 1950s to the mid 1990s.
- All but one had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
The more detailed data summaries on the The county coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 5pm.