San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 12/4/2020

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Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through December 3.

As part of the state’s system for determining the risk of COVID-19, San Diego County is level purple, or level 1. The state uses the most restrictive measure of case rate or positivity testing. to assign levels for authorized activities. Internal operations at restaurants, gymnasiums, places of worship and cinemas are currently not allowed.
The adjusted case rate calculated by the county state is currently 15.3 cases per 100,000 population and the region is at the purple level or level 1 for this metric.
The percentage of positivity of the test is 2.3%, which places it at level 3 or Orange level for this metric.
The county health equity measure, which examines the positivity of testing for areas with the lowest health conditions, is 10.6% and is at the purple level or level 1. This measure does not not move counties to more restrictive levels, but is necessary to move to a less restrictive level.
The California Department of Public Health announces level assignments at least once a week.

14 new community outbreaks were confirmed on December 3: six in commercial settings, two in food / beverage processing establishments, two in distribution warehouses, one in emergency departments, one in a government setting, one in a religious context and one in a health care setting.
12 new community outbreaks were confirmed on December 2: four in commercial settings, three in retail settings, one in daycare / preschool / daycare, one in TK-12 school setting, one in service setting emergency, one at a hotel / resort / spa and one at a college / university facility.
In the past seven days (November 27 to December 3), 93 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.

25,289 tests were reported to the county on Dec. 3, and the percentage of new laboratory-confirmed cases was 8%.
The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 6.7%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The daily 7-day test average is 18,695.
People with and without symptoms who are at higher risk for COVID-19 should be tested. Health professionals and essential workers should also be tested, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or who live in communities that are severely affected. Those who have recently returned from travel or attended holiday gatherings are also advised to get tested.

A record 2,039 cases were confirmed among residents of San Diego County on December 3. The region’s total is now 88,181.
4,806 or 5.5% of all cases required hospitalization.
1,061 or 1.2% of all cases and 22.1% of hospitalized cases required admission to an intensive care unit.
A COVID-19 case rate mapshows how cities and local communities are affected by the virus.

Seven new deaths were reported to the county on December 3. The region’s total is now 1,047.
Four women and three men died between November 30 and December 3, and their ages ranged from their mid-20s to early 100s.
All of them had underlying medical conditions.
Five new deaths were reported in the county on December 2.
A woman and four men died between November 30 and December 2, and their ages ranged from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.
All of them had underlying medical conditions.

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