Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data up to February 1, 2021.
State statistics:
- San Diego County’s state-of-the-art, custom case rate is currently 42.5 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1.
- The test positivity percentage is 10.5%, which places the county in level 1 or the purple level.
- The county’s measure of health equity, which looks at the positive testing of areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 14% and it is in the Purple Tier or Tier 1. This measure does not move provinces to more restrictive levels, but must to ‘ a less restrictive level.
- The California Department of Public Health reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 9th.
Community Institutions:
- Four community outbreaks were confirmed on Feb. 1: three in business establishments and one in a distribution warehouse.
- In the past seven days (January 26 to February 1), 57 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:
- 9,955 tests were reported to the province on February 1, and the percentage of new positive cases was 9%.
- The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 8%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The daily average of 7-day tests is 18,691.
- 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:
- 926 cases were reported to the County on February 1st. The last time a daily case was below 1,000 was November 29, when 959 cases were reported. The region’s total is now 240,050.
- 10 255 or 4.3% of all cases required hospitalization.
- 1464 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- 10 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on 1 February. The region’s total is 2 629.
- Seven men and three women died between January 17 and January 30.
- Of the ten new deaths reported that day, four people who died were 80 years or older, five people were in their 70s and one person was in their 60s.
- All had underlying medical conditions.
More information:
The more detailed summaries of the data found on the coronavirus-sd.com website are updated daily around 5pm.