Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Oct. 10.
State Metrics:
- Under the state monitoring metrics, San Diego County remains in Tier 2, also referred to as the Red Tier.
- San Diego’s state-calculated, adjusted case rate is 6.5 per 100,000 residents, down from 6.7. The unadjusted case rate is 7.0, down from 7.2.
- The testing positivity percentage is 3.5%, the same as last week, and it’s in Tier 3 or the Orange Tier.
- The state has implemented a health equity metric that looks at the testing positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions. The new metric does not move counties to more restrictive tiers.
- The County’s health equity testing positivity percentage is 6.2 and is in the Red Tier.
- The California Department of Public Health will assess counties on a weekly basis, with the next report scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Community Setting Outbreaks:
- Seven new community outbreaks were confirmed on Oct. 10: One in a faith-based agency, one in a restaurant, one in a grocery setting, two in businesses and two in restaurant/bars.
- In the past seven days (Oct. 4 through Oct. 10), 45 community outbreaks were confirmed.
- The number of community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- A community setting outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in a setting and in people of different households over the past 14 days.
Testing:
- 9,875 tests were reported to the County on Oct. 10, and the percentage of new laboratory-confirmed cases was 4%.
- The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 2.9%. Target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average of tests is 10,281.
- People with and without symptoms who are at higher risk for COVID-19 should be tested. Healthcare and essential workers should also get a test, as well as people who had close contact to a positive case or live in communities that are being highly impacted.
Cases:
- 408 new cases were confirmed among San Diego County residents on Oct. 10. The region’s total is now 50,551.
- 3,681 or 7.3% of cases have required hospitalization through Oct. 10.
- 851 or 1.7% of all cases and 23.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- One new COVID-19 death was reported in San Diego County on Oct. 10. The region’s total is now 826.
- The deceased was a man in his mid-40s who had an underlying medical condition.
More Information:
The more detailed data summaries found on the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website will be updated around 5 p.m. today.
