County Opens New Vaccination Site at Tubman Chavez Community Center | News

The county’s growing COVID-19 vaccination efforts now include the opening of a site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center. Starting today, the site will offer COVID-19 vaccinations from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday.

The Tubman Chavez Community Center site is one of more than a dozen sites operated by the county and its partners. All county clinics vaccinate Phase 1A and people 65 years and over in phase 1B and appointments are required.

A new interactive map shows all county-run vaccination sites now offering appointments. The card is accessible via the vaccinationsuperstationsd.com website. People 75 and over who do not have access to a computer or the Internet can call 2-1-1 for assistance in making an appointment.

“We are making an ongoing effort to expand vaccination sites across the county, especially in communities that have been hit hard by COVID-19,” said Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, public health officer of the county. “When it is your turn to get vaccinated, please take advantage of this free service, because the vaccine is the best tool we have to end this pandemic.”

A supplemental vaccination site will go live on the campus of California State University at San Marcos on Sunday, January 31. The new pedestrian site will vaccinate people, by appointment, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and an appointment for this site will be available tomorrow afternoon.

County, UC San Diego Health Seeking Voluntary Vaccines

County and UC San Diego Health are looking for doctors, nurses and other health professionals to be COVID-19 vaccinators at the Petco Park Super Vaccination Station. The site offers meetings between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. seven days a week, and the greatest need for volunteers is between 12:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Volunteers are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Those interested in volunteering can find out more or register here.

Status measurements:

• The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 49.6 cases per 100,000 population and the region is at the purple level or level 1.
• The test’s percentage of positivity is 12.6%, placing the county at level 1 or purple level.
• The county’s health equity measure, which examines the positivity of testing for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 16.7% and is in the purple level or level 1 level. restrictive.
• The California Department of Public Health assesses counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2.

Community-based epidemics:

• 11 community outbreaks were confirmed on January 28: three in businesses, two in TK-12 schools, one in a community organization, one in a daycare / preschool / daycare, one in a distribution warehouse, one in a government, one in a health care facility and one in a retail establishment.
• In the past seven days (January 22 to January 28), 59 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
• The number of community epidemics remains above the trigger by seven or more in seven days.
• A community-based outbreak is defined as three or more cases of COVID-19 in one setting and in people from different households in the past 14 days.

Trial:

• 28,595 tests were reported to the county on Jan.28 and the percentage of new positive cases was 6%.
• The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 9.0%. The target is less than 8.0%.
• The daily 7-day test average is 21,407.
• People at higher risk of COVID-19 who may or may not have symptoms should be tested. People with symptoms should get tested. Healthcare professionals and essential workers should also get tested, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or who live in heavily affected communities. People who have recently returned from a trip are also invited to get tested.

Case:

• 1,670 cases were reported to the county on January 28. The region’s total is now 234,640.
• 9,785 or 4.2% of all cases required hospitalization.
• 1401 or 0.6% of all cases and 14.3% of hospitalized cases required admission to an intensive care unit.

Deaths:

• 37 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on January 28. The total for the region is 2,571.
• 18 women and 19 men died between December 29 and January 27.
• Of the 37 deaths reported today, 19 people who died were 80 or older, 10 in their 60s, five in their 60s, two in their 50s and one in their 40s.
• 36 had underlying health problems and one had no health problems.

More information:

The more detailed data summaries found on the County coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 p.m. daily.