San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 2/10/2021

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Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through February 9, 2021.

The adjusted case rate calculated by the state of San Diego County is currently 34.2 cases per 100,000 population and the region is at the purple level or level 1.
The percentage of test positive is 9.1%, placing the county at either 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 12.1% and is in the purple level or level 1. This measure does not not to move counties to more restrictive levels, but is necessary to move to a less restrictive level.
The California Department of Public Health assesses counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday February 16.

Nine community outbreaks were confirmed on February 9: four in businesses, two in construction premises, one in a faith-based agency, one in a government setting and one in a retail business.
In the past seven days (February 3 to February 9), 70 community outbreaks have been confirmed.
The number of community epidemics remains above the trigger point of 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.

19,461 tests were reported to the county on February 9 and the percentage of new positive cases was 4%.
The 14-day moving average percentage of positive cases is 6.5%. The target is less than 8.0%.
The daily 7-day test average is 18,772.
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 be tested.

810 cases were reported to the county on February 9. The region’s total is now 248,861.
11,011 or 4.4% of all cases required hospitalization.
1,529 or 0.6% of all cases and 13.9% of hospitalized cases required admission to an intensive care unit.

Fifty-one deaths from COVID-19 were reported on February 9. The total for the region is 2,904.
Sixteen women and 35 men died between January 9 and February 8.
Of the 51 new deaths reported today, 17 people who died were 80 or older, 12 in their 60s, 12 in their 60s, eight in their fifties and two in their forties.
Forty-eight had underlying health issues, one did not and two had pending medical histories.

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