San Luis Obispo County reports the deaths of eight other people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Health officials say the patients were between the ages of 60 and 100 years old.
San Luis Obispo County attributed 82 deaths to COVID-19.
The country also added a record 576 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the province’s total to 10,178 confirmed cases to 30 December.
San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials attribute the large number of new cases in part to a backlog in the state’s database. On Tuesday, health officials in the province said a change in the way the state assigns suspicious cases to a country is causing a delay in reporting at the local level.
Between Friday and Tuesday, SLO County reported only 131 new COVID-19 cases, while the state’s COVID-19 website showed 883 new cases in the country over the same period.
Official health officials said they were reviewing these cases and expected the province’s total number of confirmed cases to exceed 10,000 this week.
Currently, 58 people with COVID-19 are hospitalized in San Luis Obispo County, including 11 patients who are in the ICU. Another 2,187 people recover at home and health officials say 7,837 people have recovered.
According to California State’s online COVID 19 dashboard, there are currently 19 ICU beds available in San Luis Obispo County.
Distribution of cases by place:
- Paso Robles – 2 264
- San Luis Obispo – 2 152
- Atascadero – 897
- Arroyo Grande – 733
- Male Colony in California (Prisoners) – 726
- Nipomo – 695
- Grover Beach – 414
- Oceano – 353
- Templeton – 308
- San Miguel – 286
- Cal Poly (Campus Residents) – 256
- Los Osos – 208
- Morrobaai – 201
- Pismo Beach – 155
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 124
- Shandon – 89
- Santa Margarita – 84
- Cambria – 72
- Creston – 43
- Cayucos – 43
- Avila Beach – 16
- San Simeon – 8
The location of 37 additional cases is investigated, and another 14 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.
Visit readyslo.org for more information on the country’s COVID-19 response.