San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4/19/2021

Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through April 18.

More than 2.39 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered to the region and nearly 2.32 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, more than 821,000 residents of the county, or 30.6% of San Diegans ages 16 and older, have been fully immunized.
In all, more than 1.29 million County residents have received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That is 48.1% of the eligible persons.
The goal is to vaccinate completely 75% of San Diego County residents 16 and older or 2,017,011 peopleTo date, 64.1% of the target population has received at least one vaccine and 40.7% has been fully vaccinated.
Those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, currently on hold in the County as a result of guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration, 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 at the counties vaccination dashboardVisit for vaccination options www.vaccinatiesuperstation.com.

The state-calculated, adjusted number of San Diego County cases is currently 6.0 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 13).
The County remains in the Orange Tier or Tier 3 under the new state guidelines. The California Department of Public Health recently announced that unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as a slow vaccination rate, a county will move to a more restrictive level only if the number of hospital admissions increases significantly among vulnerable individuals, especially vaccinated individuals, and both test positivity and adjusted case rates show a worrying increase in transmission. This is currently not the case in the region.
Currently, the test positivity rate is 2.5%, 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 3.0% and is also in the Orange Tier or Tier 3.
CDPH reviews counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20.

No new outbreaks were confirmed in the community on April 18.
On April 17, five new outbreaks were confirmed in the community, one in a corporate setting, one in an emergency response service, one in a faith-based agency setting, one in a restaurant / bar, and one in a retail setting.
On April 16, two new outbreaks were confirmed in the community, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare and one in a faith-based agency setting.
In the past seven days (April 12 to April 18), 21 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.

6,982 tests were reported to the county on April 18, and the rate of new positive cases was 2%.
The moving average percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 1.8%. Target is less than 8.0%.
The 7-day, daily average of tests is 12,877.

152 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on April 18. The total of the region is now 275,112.
Hospitalization was required in 15,144 or 5.5% of all cases.
1,676 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

No new COVID-19 deaths were reported. April 18. The total of the region is 3,674.
No additional deaths were reported on April 17.
Twelve additional deaths were reported on April 16.
Seven of these deaths occurred in December and five in April. The December deaths were just added to the list after an in-depth review of death certificates that were inaccurate or incomplete and required the patient’s medical records to be analyzed to determine if they were COVID-19 deaths.
Between December 10, 2020 and April 14, 2021, five women and seven men died.
Of those reported dead on Saturday, four were 80 years of age or older, four were in their 70s, two in their 60s, and two in their 50s.
Eleven had underlying medical conditions and one did not.

The more detailed data summaries on the The county coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 5pm.

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