San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-8-2021

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through April 7th.

More than 2.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the region and more than 1.9 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 642,000 residents of the province, or 23.9% of San Diegans 16 and older, have been fully vaccinated.
Overall, nearly 1.1 million residents of the province received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. This is 40.8% of those who are eligible.
Those who receive the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine are added to the total of the fully vaccinated San Diegans.
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. Visit for information on currently eligible groups and vaccination opportunities www.vaccinationsuperstation.com.

San Diego County’s state-of-the-art, custom case rate is currently 5.8 cases per 100,000 residents (as of April 6) and the region is in Orange Tier or Tier 3.
Currently, the test positivity percentage is 2.3%, which places the county in level 3 or the orange level.
The county’s health equity measure, which looks at positive testing for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 2.6% and is also in the Orange Tier or Tier 3.
All three criteria place the province in the Orange Tier or Tier 3 for activities.
The California Department of Public Health reviews provinces weekly. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th.

Three new community outbreaks were confirmed on April 7: one in a business environment, one in a grocery and retail environment, and one in a retail environment.
In the past seven days (April 1 to April 7), 18 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.

16,596 tests were reported to the province on April 7, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2%.
The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 2.3%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The daily average of 7 days is 12,333.

300 cases of COVID-19 were reported to the province on 7 April. The region’s total is now 272,494.
14,951 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1 660 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

Four new COVID-19 deaths were reported on April 7. The total of the region is 3,592.
Three women and one man died between March 16 and April 7.
Of the people who died, three were in their 70s and one in their 50s.
Three had underlying medical conditions and one did not.

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

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