A new COVID-19 vaccination center will open in Vista on February 14, providing up to 500 doses daily.
The new clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and Mondays at the Linda Rhoades Recreation Center, 600 North Santa Fe Ave.
All provincial vaccination stations and delivery points, or PODs, currently vaccinate people in phase 1A and people 65 years and older in phase 1B. Everyone needs appointments that can be made at vaccinesconsulting.com. Note that the vaccination superstructure at Petco Park will not vaccinate people for three days due to the delay in shipping the Moderna vaccine.
Community-funded community health workers, known as promoters, contact people 65 and older in National City, Chula Vista, Imperial City and San Ysidro to help them get vaccinated.
The Metropolitan Transit System offers free rides to people with a proof of a vaccination. 2-1-1 San Diego and promoters also have the ability to arrange transportation.
To date, more than 703,000 doses of COVID-19 have been delivered in the region, with nearly 570,000 administered. The difference between the two numbers represents approximately what is expected to be administered over the next seven days and doses still to be entered into the record system. Those vaccinated so far include more than 104,000 San Diegans who have been fully vaccinated, while 15.8 percent of the population over the age of 16 have received at least one dose. More information on the distribution of vaccines can be found on the province’s vaccination panel.
State statistics:
- San Diego County’s calculated, adjusted case rate is currently 34.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The test positivity percentage is 9.1%, which places the county in level 1 or the press level.
- The county’s benchmark for health equality, which looks at the positive testing of areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 12.1% and it is in the Purple Tier of Tier 1. a less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 16th.
Community Institutions:
- Seven community outbreaks were confirmed on February 10: four in business institutions, two in TK-12de kindergarten institutions and one in a community-based organization.
- In the last seven days (February 5 to 11), 67 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:
- On February 5, 20,533 tests were reported to the province, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
- The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 6.3%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days is 18,349.
- 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.
Cases, hospitalizations and recordings of ICUs:
- 817 cases were reported to the county on 11 February. The total is now 250,791.
- 11 372 or 4.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1,539 or 0.6% of all cases and 13.5% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- There were 24 COVID-19 deaths reported on 11 February. The total of the region is 2,979.
- 15 men and nine women died between 14 January and 11 February.
- Of the 24 new deaths reported today, nine people who died were 80 years or older, six people were in their 70s, seven people were in their 60s and two people were in their 50s.
- 23 had underlying medical conditions and one had medical history pending.
More information:
The more detailed summaries of the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website is updated daily around 5pm.