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San Luis Obispo County added 94 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 17,605 confirmed cases as of January 29.
It was the second day of this week that the daily total of cases was below 100. As of Monday, 96 new cases were reported.
Health officials say 46 people are currently hospitalized. Another 1,949 people are recovering at home and health officials say 15,411 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 19 of the 38 licensed and staffed intensive care beds in the county are currently occupied. Fourteen of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
The county also added four new COVID-19-related deaths on Friday. To date, 168 deaths attributed to the virus have been attributed to the virus in SLO County.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,422
- San Luis Obispo – 3,142
- California Men’s Colony (inmates) – 2349
- Atascadero – 1,608
- Nipomo – 1,304
- Arroyo Grande – 1,254
- Grover Beach – 730
- Ocean – 611
- Templeton – 519
- San Miguel – 434
- Bears – 403
- Morro Bay – 355
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 335
- Pismo Beach – 280
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 203
- Cambria – 161
- Shandon – 123
- Saint Margaret – 117
- Creston – 74
- Cayucos – 62
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeon – 16
- Bradley – 7
The whereabouts of an additional 61 cases are under investigation and nine more are listed as ‘other’, which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health 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 health 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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