The expanded COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the province now include the opening of a site in the Tubman Chavez Community Center. As of today, the COVID-19 website offers vaccinations from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday.
The site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center is one of more than a dozen sites operated by the province and its partners. All clinics in the province vaccinate people Phase 1A and people 65 years and older in phase 1B and appointments are required.
A new interactive map shows all the vaccination sites operated by the province, and now offers appointments. The card can be obtained via the vaccineservice.com website. People 75 and older who do not have access to a computer or internet can call 2-1-1 for help planning an appointment.
“We are making an ongoing effort to expand vaccination sites throughout the country, especially in communities hit hard by COVID-19,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, provincial health officer. “If it’s your turn to be vaccinated, then use this free service, as the vaccine is the best tool to end this pandemic.”
An additional vaccination site will be presented online at the San Marcos Campus in California on Sunday, January 31st. The new pedestrian staff will vaccinate people, by appointment, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and appointments for that site will be available tomorrow afternoon.
County, UC San Diego Health seeks voluntary vaccinations
The County and UC San Diego Health are looking for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to be COVID-19 vaccines at the Vaccination Super Station in Petco Park. The website offers appointments seven days a week between 7:00 and 19:00 and the greatest need for volunteers is between 12:30 and 20:00 on weekdays.
Volunteers are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those interested in volunteering can learn more about it or sign up for it.
State statistics:
- San Diego County’s state-of-the-art, custom case rate is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The testing positivity percentage is 12.6%, which places the county in level 1 or the press level.
- The county’s health equality measure, which looks at the positive testing of areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 16.7% and it’s in the Purple Tier or Tier 1. less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2nd.
Community Institutions:
- 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on 28 January: three in business environments, two in TK-12 school environments, one in a community-based organization, one in a daycare / preschool / childcare environment, one in a distribution warehouse environment, one in a government, one in healthcare and one in retail.
- In the past seven days (January 22-28), 59 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:
- 28,595 tests were reported to the province on 28 January, and the percentage of new positive cases was 6%.
- The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 9.0%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days is 21,407.
- 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 greatly affected. Those who have recently returned from their trip are also requested to be tested.
Incidents:
- 1,670 cases were reported to the county on January 28. The total of the region is now 234,640.
- 9,785 or 4.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1 401 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 37 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on 28 January. The total of the region is 2 571.
- 18 women and 19 men died between 29 December and 27 January.
- Of the 37 deaths reported today, 19 people who died were 80 years or older, 10 people were in their 70s, five people were in their 60s, two people were in their 50s and one person was in their 40s.
- 36 had underlying medical conditions and one had no medical conditions.
More information:
The more detailed summaries of the information are on the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website is updated daily around 5pm.