County Switches COVID-19 Immunization Registry, Changes Data Reporting Frequency
To align itself with the state, the County Health and Human Services Agency is now using the California Immunization Registry (CAIR2) to record the number of San Diegans who have received COVID-19 and other recommended vaccines.
The switch occurred April 25 and was required by the California Department of Public Health so that most health care systems across the state are using the same software to record COVID-19 vaccinations and all other vaccines administered locally.
CAIR2 is also secure and confidential. The system ensures that immunization data are accurate and complete and allows for immunizations records to be portable and follow patients as they change providers or move from one county or city to another.
The transition to CAIR2 resulted in minor changes in vaccination data in several categories, including age, gender and ethnic breakdowns, as well as the number of people vaccinated in different cities and ZIP codes.
“Because the two systems have slight differences, minor changes in our local reporting were anticipated,” said Wilma J. Wooten, County public health officer. “County staff have been working closely with the state as we made this transition, as well as manually verifying data and records in both systems so that they remain aligned.”
County to Report COVID-19 Data Mondays and Thursdays
Also, in alignment with the state, starting in May, the County will move to twice weekly reporting of COVID-19 data, with updates occurring on Mondays and Thursdays, except during holidays
Updates to COVID-19 data dashboards will be made Thursdays with data through the previous Saturday.
Also, the County Communications Office will publish and distribute its weekly COVID-19 update on Thursdays.
Vaccination Progress:
- Received at least one shot: More than 2.94 million or 93.4% of San Diegans age 5 and older are at least partially vaccinated.
- Fully vaccinated: Over 2.6 million or 82.8%.
- Boosters administered: 1,301,056 or 58% of 2,242,187 eligible San Diegans.
- More vaccination information can be found at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.
Deaths:
- Four new deaths were reported since the last report on April 20. The region’s total is 5,237.
- Two women and two men died between April 15, 2022 and April 24, 2022.
- Two were in their 70s, one was in their 60s and one was in their 50s.
- One of the people who died was fully vaccinated and three were not fully vaccinated.
- All had underlying medical conditions.
Cases, Case Rates, Hospitalizations and Testing:
- 409 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on April 26. The region’s total is now 758,715.
- 2,911 cases were reported in the past week (April 20 through April 26) compared to 2,057 infections identified the previous week (April 13 through April 19).
- San Diego County’s case rate per 100,000 residents 12 years of age and older is 8.44 for people fully vaccinated and boosted, 5.17 for fully vaccinated people and 13.03 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 7,180 tests were reported to the County on April 24, and the percentage of new positive cases was 4.2% (Data through April 24).
- The 14-day rolling percentage of positive cases, among tests reported through April 24, is 3.0%.
More Information:
Data updates to the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website will be published Mondays and Thursdays around 5 p.m., with the exception of holidays.