San Luis Obispo County will remain in the press level, based on the updated reopening statistics released Tuesday.
Last week, dr. Penny Borenstein, public health officer in SLO County, said it is possible that SLO County could move to the red level this week if the province’s positivity rates remain low.
The state takes two numbers into account when it comes to a country’s positivity rate – the overall positivity rate and the positivity rate in the lowest census treaties of the Healthy Places Index (HPI), the state’s health equality statistics.
As of last week, both the numbers were in orange levels and dr. Borenstein said that although the case in the province falls in the purple level, the country would be able to move up to the red level if the positivity rates for two remain orange. weeks in a row.
This week, the province’s HPI positivity rate rose to 5.9%, dropping it to the red level.
The province’s overall positivity rate remains orange at 4.3%, while the business rate improved to 15.6 from 19.3 last week. To move out of the press level, the adjusted rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the country must be 7 or lower.
San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health
We continue to work hard to improve the test positivity in SLO County and among other vulnerable communities here, but we need your help to further slow the spread of this disease so that we can move to the Red Tier and more activities can enjoy here in our country. . #TierTuesday
– SLO Public Health (@ SLOPublicHealth) 16 February 2021
Meanwhile, for the first time since last Thursday, San Luis Obispo County reported the daily COVID-19 totals. A total of 311 new COVID-19 cases were recorded between Friday and Tuesday, bringing the province’s total to 19,210 confirmed cases on 16 February.
The country also added five new COVID-19 deaths. To date, SLO County has recorded 210 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say 26 people are currently in the hospital. Another 795 people recover at home and health officials say 18,150 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 15 of the 38 licensed and manned conditions in the country are currently occupied. Eight of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Distribution of cases by place:
- Paso Robles – 3 792
- San Luis Obispo – 3 604
- Male Colony in California (Prisoners) – 2,376
- Atascadero – 1 781
- Nipomo – 1 439
- Arroyo Grande – 1 352
- Grover Beach – 784
- Oceano – 658
- Templeton – 568
- San Miguel – 465
- Los Osos – 436
- Morro Bay – 390
- Cal Poly (Campus Residents) – 338
- Pismo Beach – 307
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 205
- Cambria – 172
- Shandon – 135
- Santa Margarita – 126
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The location of 73 additional cases is investigated and another seven are listed as ‘other’, which includes communities with less than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these sites.
Joint COVID-19 testing sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointments are required at all locations. Click here to schedule an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is currently vaccinating health workers and residents 65 and older. Click here for more information on how to make an appointment.
Visit readyslo.org for more information on the country’s COVID-19 response.