San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4/21/2021

Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through April 20.

More than 2.58 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered to the region and more than 2.35 million have been recorded as being administered. This number includes county residents as well as those who work in San Diego County.
In total, nearly 1.32 million residents of the county have received at least one injection of the two-dose vaccine. That’s 49% of those who qualify.
Of those vaccinated so far, nearly 847,000 residents of the county, or 31.5% of San Diegans ages 16 and older, have been fully immunized.
The goal is to vaccinate completely 75% of San Diego County residents 16 and older or 2,017,011 people. To date, 65.3% of the target population has received at least one vaccine and 42% 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 sent and the number of vaccinations administered represents approximately what is expected to be used over the next seven days and the doses still to be entered into the registry system.
More information on vaccine distribution can be found at the counties vaccination dashboard. Visit for vaccination options www.vaccinatiesuperstation.com.

The state-calculated, adjusted number of San Diego County cases is currently 6.1 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 20).
The County remains in the Orange Tier or Tier 3 under the new state guidelines. The California Department of Public Health indicates that unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as low vaccination coverage, a county will move to a more restrictive level only if hospital admissions increase 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 2.4%, placing the County in Tier 3 or the Orange Tier.
The County’s 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 27.

On April 20, eight new outbreaks were confirmed in the community: two in restaurants / bars, two in supermarkets / shops, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare, one in a government setting, one in a corporate setting and one in a TK-12 . primary school setting.
In the past seven days (April 14 through April 20), 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.

16,947 tests were reported to the county on April 20, and the rate of new positive cases was 2%.
The moving average percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 1.7%. Target is less than 8.0%.
The 7-day, daily average of tests is 12,872.

263 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on April 20. The total of the region is now 275,631.
Hospitalization was required for 15,186 or 5.5% of all cases.
1,676 or 0.6% of all cases and 11% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

Seven new COVID-19 deaths were reported on April 20. The total of the region is 3,681.
Four women and three men died between April 4 and April 19.
Of those who died, two were aged 80 or older, one was in their 70’s, two in their 60s, one in their 50s, and one in their 40s.
They all had underlying medical conditions.

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

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