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San Diego County reports 152 new COVID-19 infections, no deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 152 new COVID-19 infections and no new deaths Monday, April 19, as a slight uptick in hospitalizations last week appears to have leveled off.

For the second day in a row, hospitalizations related to coronavirus remained at 177. There were 56 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds as of Monday, a decrease of one from the previous day. There were 48 staffed, available ICU beds in the county as of Monday.

The latest cases brought the cumulative total to 275,112, while the death toll remained at 3,674. Of the 6,982 test results reported Monday, 2% returned positive. The 14-day rolling average of positive tests is 1.8%.

Nearly 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered to San Diego County, and 1,293,662 county residents – or 64.1% of the county's goal of 75% of its eligible population – have received at least one dose.

The state's goal is to vaccinate 75% of people 16 and older to achieve so-called herd immunity – equating to around 2.02 million San Diego County residents.

On April 19, the county reported that a total of 821,803 people in San Diego County – or 40.7% of that goal – are fully vaccinated. The numbers include both county residents and those who only work in the region.

There were no new community outbreaks reported Monday; 21 were reported over the last seven days with 83 associated cases.

Hundreds of thousands of San Diegans are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, as the state expanded eligibility to everyone age 16 and over on Thursday, April 15. The expansion of eligibility Thursday allowed millions of Californians to make appointments for shots, which could stretch already thin supplies.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher again urged patience from the public as more vaccines will be shipped to the county in coming weeks.

Both Fletcher and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria received their first doses of the vaccine Thursday and encouraged others to follow suit.

"Help us defeat the pandemic,'' Gloria wrote on Twitter. "Make a plan to get your shot now.''

People aged 16 and 17 can only get the Pfizer vaccine, because it is the only one approved for people that young.

Appointments can be made at www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/vaccines/COVID-19-VaxEvents.html.

Fletcher received his shot from the Veterans Administration, while also noting on Wednesday, April 14, the VA and Department of Defense would begin including vaccination numbers for the county's daily statistics – something they had not been doing previously.

 

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