San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-15-2021

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through April 14th.

Nearly 2.36 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were delivered in the region, and nearly 2.19 million were 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 768,000 residents of the province, or 28.6% of San Diegans 16 and older, have been fully vaccinated.
Overall, more than 1.23 million residents of the province received at least one uptake of the two-dose vaccine. This is 45.9% of those who are eligible.
The goal is to vaccinate fully 75% of San Diego County residents 16 years and older or 2,017,011 people.
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 at the County’s vaccination dashboard. For vaccination opportunities, visit www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.

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 mitigating conditions exist, such as the low level 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 are tested. positivity and adjusted cases show a worrying 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.

Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 14, all in a restaurant / bar area.
In the last seven days (April 8 to 14), 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.

17,942 tests were reported to the province on April 14, 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 13,023.

281 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the province on 14 April. The total of the region is now 274,249.
15,047 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1 667 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

Five additional deaths from COVID-19 were reported on April 14. The region’s total is 3 653.
All of these deaths occurred a few months ago, but were only added to the list after a careful review of incorrect or incomplete death certificates, and the patients’ medical records had to be analyzed to determine if they were COVID-19 deaths.
Three women and two men passed away between 19 December 2020 and 16 February 2021.
Of the people who died, three were 80 years or older and two in their 60s.
Four had underlying medical conditions and one did not.

The more detailed summaries of the information are on the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website is updated daily around 5pm.

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