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Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, rates of drug related overdose deaths in San Diego County have increased. In July and August numbers of overdose deaths were more than 50% higher than in February and March of 2020, with an average of about three people dying per day in the County.
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Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Sept. 23.
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The County’s COVID-19 testing site at Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach will be reopening Sept. 24, after being temporarily closed to provide additional resources at San Diego State University.
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After being on the brink of falling into the most restrictive Purple Tier, the County will remain in Tier Two, or the Red Tier, of the state’s system of assessing COVID-19 risk, the state announced today.
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Today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Sept. 15.
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Starting Sept. 14, San Diegans wishing to get a COVID-19 test have a new option: the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy.
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The number of people who died from suicide in the region dropped last year, according to the San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council’s 2020 Report to the Community released Thursday.
