San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 9/3/2021

Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through March 8, 2021.

More than 1.15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the region and more than 1.1 million have been recorded as administered. Of those vaccinated to date, more than 355,000 people, or 13.2% of San Diegans ages 16 and older, have been fully immunized.
In total, more than 651,000 residents of the county have received at least one injection of the vaccine with two doses. That’s 24.2% 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 over 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.

San Diego County’s state-calculated, adjusted number of cases is currently 8.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of March 9), and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
The test positivity rate is 3.3%, placing the county in Tier 3 or the Orange Tier. While the test positivity rate for the county qualifies it at level 3, the state uses the most restrictive measure – in this case, the adjusted number of cases – and assigns counties to that level. Therefore, the province remains in the purple layer or level 1.
The district health equality statistic, which looks at the test positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 4.5% and is in the orange tier or tier 3 less restrictive tier.
The California Department of Public Health reviews counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday March. 16.

No new outbreaks were confirmed in the community on March 8.
In the past seven days (March 2 through March 8), 24 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.

11,766 tests were reported to the county on March 8, and the rate of new positive cases was 4%.
The moving average percentage of positive cases over 14 days is 3.2%. Target is less than 8.0%.
The 7-day, daily mean of tests is 13,187.

On March 8, 473 cases were reported to the County. The total of the region is now 263,748.
13,282 or 5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1,615 or 0.6% of all cases and 12.2% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

15 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on March 8. The region’s total is 3,405.
Four women and eleven men died between January 15 and March 7.
Of the 15 deaths reported on March 8, seven people who died were aged 80 or older, three were in their 70s, two in the 60s, two in their 50s, and one in 30.
14 had underlying medical conditions and one has a medical history pending.

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

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