San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-9-2021

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through April 8th.

Nearly 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were delivered in the region and approximately 2 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 652,000 residents of the province, or 24.3% of San Diegans 16 and older, have been fully vaccinated.
Overall, nearly 1.12 million residents in the province received at least one shot of the two-dose vaccine. This is 41.7% of those who are eligible.
Those who receive the 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 calculated, adjusted rate is currently 5.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (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 measure of health equity, which looks at the 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 8: one in a daycare / preschool / childcare environment, one in a TK-12^de grade school institution and one in a restaurant / bar area.
In the last seven days (April 2 to April 8), 19 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.

17 194 tests were reported to the province on 8 April and the percentage of new positive cases was 1%.
The current average percentage of positive cases of 14 days is 2.1%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The daily average of 7 days, is 12,156.

202 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on April 8th. The total of the region is now 272,696.
14,952 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1664 or 0.6% of all cases and 11.1% of the hospital cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

Eight new COVID-19 deaths were reported on April 8. The total of the region is 3,600.
Seven men and one woman died between January 5 and January 9.
Of the people who died, one was 80 years old or older, three were in their 70s, two were in their 60s, one was in their 50s and one was in their 30s.
Six had underlying medical conditions and two had medical history pending.

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

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