38 new coronavirus cases in Fallbrook since last week

Fallbrook is reporting 474 coronavirus cases as of Sept. 7, an increase of 38 cases over a week prior.

About 0.9% of the population of the 92028 ZIP code, which includes Fallbrook as well as Rainbow and De Luz, have tested positive for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic earlier this year.

The Fallbrook area remains about in the middle of the county’s distribution of coronavirus case rates – 92028 has the 35th highest rate of coronavirus infections per 100,000 people, and the 45th lowest rate.

Nearby Bonsall’s 92003 ZIP code reported two more coronavirus cases Sept. 1 than a week before, for a new total of 43 cases. As has been the case since the start of the pandemic, San Diego County cannot estimate an infection rate for Bonsall because of the low number of cases and low population.

Countywide, public health officials reported 308 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths on Sept. 6, raising the county's cumulative totals to 40,650 cases and 707 fatalities.

Two women and one man died between July 29 and Aug. 31, according to statistics released Sept. 6. Their ages ranged from mid-50s to mid-90s. Two of the three had underlying medical conditions.

San Diego County's state-calculated case rate is 5.8 and the testing positivity percentage is 3.8%.

Of 4,271 tests reported as of Sept. 6, 7% returned positive, raising the county's 14-day rolling positive testing rate to 4.3%, well below the state's 8% guideline. The seven-day average number of tests performed in the county is 6,946.

Of the total positive cases in the county, 3,214 – or 7.9% – have required hospitalization since the pandemic began, and 772 – or 1.9% – were admitted to an intensive care unit.

County health officials reported two new community outbreaks as of Saturday, bringing the number of outbreaks in the past week to 20. One of the outbreaks was at a residence and one at a business.

The number of community outbreaks remains well above the county's goal of fewer than seven in a seven-day span. A community setting outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in a setting and in people of different households in the past 14 days.

Under the new state monitoring metrics, San Diego County is in Tier 2, also referred to as the red tier, as of Sept. 7.

City News Service contributed to this report.

Will Fritz can be reached by email at [email protected].