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San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 11-3-2021

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Here is this week’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Nov. 2, 2021.

Vaccination Progress:

  • Doses administered: Over 5.18 million.
  • Received at least one shot: Almost 2.55 million or 90.9% of San Diegans 12 and older are partially vaccinated.
  • Fully vaccinated: Over 2.31 million or 82.4%.
  • More vaccination information can be found at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.

Deaths:

  • 34 new deaths were reported since the last report on Oct. 27, 2021. The region’s total is 4,241.
  • 23 men and 11 women between Sept. 18 and Oct. 30, 2021.
  • 11 were 80 years of age or older, seven were in their 70s, seven were in their 60s, seven were in their 50s, one was in their 40s and one was in their 30s.
  • Seven of the people who died were fully vaccinated and 27 were not fully vaccinated.
  • 31 had underlying medical conditions, one did not and two had medical history pending.

Cases, Hospitalizations, Case Rates and Testing:

  • 499 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County on Nov. 2, 2021. The region’s total is now 372,709.
  • 3,359 cases were reported in the past week (Oct. 27 through Nov. 2) 3,691 cases were reported in the past week (Oct. 20 through Oct. 26).
  • In the past 30 days (Oct. 4. to Nov. 2), there were 274 COVID-19 hospitalizations; 250 people were not fully vaccinated and 24 were fully vaccinated.
  • San Diego County’s case rate per 100,000 residents is 12.9 overall, 7.4 for fully vaccinated people and 21.9 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
  • 17,853 tests were reported to the County on Nov. 2, and the percentage of new positive cases was 2.8%.
  • The 14-day rolling percentage of positive cases among tests is 2.5%.

Community Setting Outbreaks:

  • 33 new community outbreaks were confirmed in the past seven days (Oct. 27 through Nov. 2): Nine in TK-12 grade school settings, eight in business settings, five in daycare/preschool/childcare settings, four in restaurant/bar settings, two in faith-based settings, two in government settings, one in a retail setting, one in a construction setting and one in an after-school program setting.
  • The community outbreaks trigger is more than seven in a 7-day period.

More Information:

Data updates to the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website are published around 5 p.m.

José A. Álvarez is a communications specialist with the County of San Diego Communications Office. Contact