San Luis Obispo County’s COVID-19 adjusted business rate dropped to 9.4, according to updated reopening statistics released Tuesday.
It meets the criteria of the state to be able to resume outdoor sports. Last week, the state issued new guidelines stating that organized and recreational sports and adult recreational sports can be resumed from February 26 in provinces where the COVID-19 rate is per 100,000 people or less.
Last Tuesday, the adjusted case rate of SLO was 15.6. It has fallen every week since the Southern California regional stay-at-home order was lifted and the country returned to the press level.
The country’s positivity rates also fell this week, with both the overall positivity rate and the Healthy Places Index (HPI) positivity rate at the orange level (3.2% and 3.8% respectively). Another week like this and the country could move into a less restrictive level.
Land Officer for Public Health, dr. Penny Borenstein, said earlier that SLO County could move out of the purple level and into the red level if both the positivity rates remain at orange levels for two weeks. Otherwise, the country’s adjusted rate should be 7 or lower.
San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health
Public health officials in San Luis Obispo County also reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the province’s total to 19,500 confirmed cases on February 23.
The province has also added an additional COVID-19-related death. To date, SLO County has recorded 221 deaths attributed to the virus.
Health officials say 22 people are currently hospitalized. Another 596 are strong at home and according to health officials, 18,642 people have recovered.
Nineteen of the 38 ICU beds with a license and crew in the country are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Distribution of cases by place:
- Paso Robles – 3 859
- San Luis Obispo – 3,660
- Male colony in California (prisoners) – 2,377
- Atascadero – 1 817
- Nipomo – 1 467
- Arroyo Grande – 1 375
- Grover Beach – 803
- Oceano – 669
- Templeton – 589
- San Miguel – 481
- Los Osos – 446
- Morro Bay – 400
- Cal Poly (Campus Residents) – 341
- Pismo Beach – 309
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 174
- Shandon – 138
- Santa Margarita – 128
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 27
- San Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The location of 50 additional cases is being investigated and another eight are being named 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.
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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.