From 15 April, everyone aged 16 and over can be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Every San Diegan who qualifies for the vaccine can now be vaccinated,” said Wilma Wooten, MD, MDH, public health officer. ‘The vaccine is the best protection against COVID-19. Take a chance as soon as possible. ”
Currently, only the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are available in the region. The use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been suspended while it is being reviewed following recent safety issues.
From 15 April, everyone aged 16 and over can be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Every San Diegan who qualifies for the vaccine can now be vaccinated,” said Wilma Wooten, MD, MDH, public health officer. ‘The vaccine is the best protection against COVID-19. Take a chance as soon as possible. “
Currently, only the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are available in the region. The use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been suspended while it is being reviewed following recent safety issues.
New guideline for events
On April 15, new guidelines will also be introduced on events, private and indoor live events and performances.
In the Orange Tier, in which the province is currently located, outside activities of up to 50 people were allowed. Indoor gatherings are most discouraged, but are allowed if there are no more than 25 people.
Private outdoor events are allowed for up to 100 people; 300 people if all guests provide proof of a recent COVID-19 test or complete vaccination. A maximum of 150 is allowed during an indoor event if all have been tested or provide proof of complete vaccination.
Only people residing in the state may be allowed to attend indoor, sitting, live events, or performances. For venues with a capacity of up to 1500, a maximum of 15% or 200 people can attend; 35% if all guests tested negative or were fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
A complete list of activities that can take place under the different levels and additional guides can be found here.
Vaccination claim:
- Nearly 2.28 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered in the region, and approximately 2.16 million have been recorded as administered. This number includes residents of the state as well as those who work in San Diego County.
- Of those vaccinated so far, more than 757,000 residents of the province, or 28.2% of San Diegans 16 and older, have been fully vaccinated.
- Overall, nearly 1.22 million residents of the province received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. This is 45.2% of those who are eligible.
- The goal is to vaccinate 75% of San Diego County residents, 16 years and older, or 2,017,011 people in full.
- Those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which is currently suspended in the province as a result of the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, the total fully vaccinated San Diegans is added.
- The difference between doses delivered and those used in a vaccination represents approximately what is expected to be administered in the next seven days and doses yet to be recorded in the record system.
- More information on the distribution of vaccines can be found on the province’s vaccination panel. For vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.
State statistics:
- San Diego County’s calculated, adjusted rate is currently 6.0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (as of April 13).
- The county remains in the Orange Tier or Tier 3 under the new leadership of the state. The California Department of Public Health recently advised that unless there are mitigating conditions, such as the low rate of vaccine intake, a country will only move to a more limited level if hospitalizations increase significantly among vulnerable individuals, especially among vaccinated individuals, and both test. positivity and adjusted cases show an increase in transfer. This is currently not the case in the region.
- Currently, the test positivity percentage is 2.5%, which places the county in level 3 or the orange level.
- The county’s health equity measure, which looks at the positive testing for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 3.0% and is also in the Orange Tier or Tier 3.
- CDPH reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th.
Community Institutions:
- Eight new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 13: two were in a restaurant / bar area, one in a business area, one in a grocery area, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a retail area, one in a private residence and one in a government setting.
- In the last seven days (April 7 to 13), 17 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:
- 16 297 tests were reported to the province on 13 April and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
- The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 1.9%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7 days, is 12,831.
Cases, hospitalizations and recordings of ICUs:
- 260 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the province on 13 April. The total of the region is now 273,968.
- 15,033 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1 666 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 25 additional COVID-19 deaths were reported on April 13th. The total of the region is 3,648.
- Most of these are not new deaths – 21 occurred in December 2020 – but were just added to the list after a careful review of the incorrect or incomplete death certificates, which had to analyze the patients’ medical records to determine if they COVID- 19 deaths.
- 13 men and 12 women between 3 December 2020 and 10 April 2021.
- Of the people who died, 12 were 80 years old or older, seven were in their 70s, five were in their 60s and one was in their 50s.
- All had underlying 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.