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San Luis Obispo County added 282 new cases of COVID-19 in three days, bringing the county’s total to 17,887 confirmed cases as of February 1.
On Saturday, 164 new cases were reported, 65 new cases were reported on Sunday and 53 new cases were reported on Monday.
Health officials say 52 people are currently hospitalized. Another 1,184 people are recovering at home and health officials say 16,445 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 15 of 38 licensed and staffed intensive care beds in the county are currently occupied. Thirteen of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
The county also added nine new deaths related to COVID-19. To date, a total of 177 deaths have been attributed to the virus in SLO County.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,492
- San Luis Obispo – 3,214
- California Men’s Colony (inmates) – 2362
- Atascadero – 1,629
- Nipomo – 1,324
- Arroyo Grande – 1,269
- Grover Beach – 737
- Ocean – 618
- Templeton – 526
- San Miguel – 439
- Bears – 413
- Morro Bay – 366
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 335
- Pismo Beach – 285
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 206
- Cambria – 163
- Shandon – 128
- Saint Margaret – 120
- Creston – 76
- Cayucos – 64
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 16
- Bradley – 7
The location of an additional 66 cases is under investigation, and six more are listed as “other”, which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The public health department does not identify these locations.
Community COVID-19 testing sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach, and Nipomo.
Appointments are required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is currently vaccinating healthcare workers and residents 75 years of age and older. For more details on how to make an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.
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