San Luis Obispo County’s adjusted COVID-19 number of cases has dropped to 9.4, according to updated reopening statistics released Tuesday.
That meets state criteria to resume outdoor sports. Last week, the state issued new guidelines stating that organized and recreational youth and recreational sports for adults can resume from Feb. 26 in counties where COVID-19 cases are at or below 14 cases per 100,000 people.
Last Tuesday, SLO County’s adjusted number of cases was 15.6. It’s dropped every week since the Southern California regional Stay-at-Home order was lifted and the county returned to the purple low.
The county’s positivity rates have also fallen this week, with both the overall positivity rate and the Healthy Places Index (HPI) positivity rate now at orange levels (3.2% and 3.8%, respectively). Another week like this and the province could move to a less restrictive low.
Dr. Penny Borenstein, the county public health officer, previously stated that SLO County could move from the purple level to the red level if both positivity rates remain at the orange level for two weeks. Otherwise, the county’s adjusted number of cases should be 7 or less.
San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department
San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials also reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 19,500 confirmed cases on Feb. 23.
The county also added an additional COVID-19-related death. To date, SLO County has recorded 221 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say 22 people are currently hospitalized. Another 596 are recovering at home and health officials say 18,642 people have recovered.
Nineteen of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the province are currently occupied. Seven of these have been taken by COVID-19 patients.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,859
- San Luis Obispo – 3,660
- California Men’s Colony (inmates) – 2,377
- Atascadero – 1,817
- Nipomo – 1467
- Arroyo Grande – 1.375
- Grover Beach – 803
- Ocean – 669
- Templeton – 589
- San Miguel – 481
- The Bears – 446
- Morro Bay – 400
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 341
- Pismo Beach – 309
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 174
- Shandon – 138
- Saint Margaret – 128
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 27
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The locations of 50 additional cases are being investigated, and an additional eight are listed as “other”, including communities with fewer than five cases. The Health Department does not identify those locations.
Community COVID-19 test sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointments are available but walk-ins are now also accepted. Click here to make an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is currently vaccinating health workers and residents 65 and older. To make an appointment click here.
To learn more about the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.