The number of positive COVID-19 tests reported in San Diego County in the past week increased by 800, authorities reported.
The number of COVID-positive patients in San Diego County hospitals was 110, according to the latest state data, same as the previous day. For the first time in more than a year, San Diego's hospitalization numbers fell out of the second place position -- behind Los Angeles County -- when Santa Clara County surpassed it this week.
The number of those patients in intensive care as of Thursday increased by six to 20, while the total number of available hospital beds in the county decreased by 10 to 252.Sign up for our News Headlines newsletter. More than 2.95 million or 93.8% of San Diegans age 5 and older are at least partially vaccinated, while more than 2.61 million or 83.1% are fully vaccinated. A total of 1,316,265 or 58.3% of 2,256,074 eligible San Diegans have received a booster shot.This article tagged under:
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