The provincial council of supervisors received its first update of the year on the COVID-19 response from the region. It was also the first public COVID-19 briefing for the three new board members sworn in last week.
The council voted to increase the maintenance of businesses and operations that do not comply with the safe reopening plans and has expanded the Great Plates Delivered program, which offers free meals and revenue programs. The Council also voted to ensure that enforcement efforts are consistently applied based on scientific data on how and where COVID-19 is distributed.
Board members have also instructed staff to investigate whether it is possible to exclude businesses that have repeatedly violated public health orders from the COVID-19 financial aid programs.
To date, the province has received more than 17,000 complaints about violations of health orders, and the province’s safe reopening compliance team has issued 335 strikes and removal orders. Complaints about violations have increased exponentially since the region moved into the Purple Tier in November, with more than half of all complaints made in the past month.
COVID-19 Vaccine Explosion
At present, the supply of vaccines is limited and only San Diegans Phase 1A of the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine can be vaccinated. This mainly includes people working in healthcare and employees and residents of long-term care facilities. Healthcare professionals who may be vaccinated at this stage are encouraged to first contact their medical provider to request a vaccination.
Phase 1: Eligible Residents who cannot be vaccinated by their healthcare provider can make an appointment online at www.VaccinationSuperStationSD.com. Appointments are limited and individuals are encouraged to visit the site regularly if they are unable to make an appointment immediately.
“We understand that the demand for COVID-19 vaccination is high and that our community has many questions about the vaccination process,” said Nick Macchione, director of the County Health and Human Services Agency. ‘The Province will soon expand a website feature that will clarify the level system and enable the general public to take note of when and where they can get their COVID-19 vaccine. A dashboard is also being developed that will show how many San Diegans have been vaccinated with their first and second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. ”
ICU capacity and stay at home order:
- The current intensive care unit (ICU) beds for the Southern California region are 0.0% and will be updated daily by the state.
- The Regional home order is in force and prohibits meetings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for various sectors.
- The order will last until the ICU availability of the region reaches or exceeds 15%.
Community Institutions:
- Six new community outbreaks were confirmed on January 11: two in business environments, one in a distribution warehouse environment, one in a faith-based agency, one in a government environment, and one in a healthcare environment.
- In the last seven days (5 to 11 January), 48 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
- The number of community outbreaks remains within seven days above the trigger of seven or more.
- An outbreak in a community over the past 14 days is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in an area and in people from different households.
Test:
- 18,119 tests were reported to the county on Jan. 11, and the percentage of new positive cases was 19%.
- The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 13.8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days is 27,474.
- People at higher risk for COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should be tested. Healthcare and essential workers should also get a test, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive cause or live in communities that are severely affected. Those who have recently returned from their trip, or who have participated in holiday gatherings, are also requested to be tested.
Incidents:
- 3,524 cases were reported to the county on January 11th. The total of the region is now 198,319.
- 6,313 or 3.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1 273 or 0.6% of all cases and 20.2% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 41 new COVID-19 deaths were reported to the province on 11 January. The total of the region is now 1 898.
- 14 women and 27 men died between 17 December and 10 January.
- Of the 41 new deaths reported, 16 people died were 80 years or older, eight people were in their 70s, 14 people were in their 60s, two people were in their 50s and one person was in their 40s.
- 34 had underlying medical conditions, one did not and six had medical history pending.
More information:
The more detailed summaries of the information are on the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website is updated daily around 5pm.