125 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths Reported In County

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — San Diego County reported 125 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths Tuesday as hospitalizations and case rates remained steady.

Of 10,120 tests reported Tuesday, 1% returned positive and the county's 14-day rolling average remained 1.5%.

Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in the county increased by one to 156 from Monday while patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units increased by three to 46 from Monday's 43. There were 55 available, staffed ICU beds in the county.

Tuesday's data increased the county's cumulative total to 278,307 cases with the death toll remaining at 3,725.

The county has received 3,680,575 doses of coronavirus vaccine and has administered 3,204,616 of them.

A total of 1,740,571 people have received one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, 86.3% of the way toward reaching the county's goal of vaccinating 75% of San Diego County residents 16 and older, or 2,017,011 people.

A total of 1,270,808 -- or 63% of the county's goal -- in the 16-or- older age range are fully inoculated with either two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will be available Wednesday at three San Diego Unified School District high school campuses for anyone age 16 and over.

Sharp Health will offer Pfizer vaccines at Clairemont High School on Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

UC San Diego will administer Pfizer vaccines on Wednesday and Thursday at Morse and San Diego high schools.

The schools hosting the clinics have notified families about the free vaccines and provided them with a parent consent form that must be signed for students younger than 18 to receive a vaccine, according to the SDUSD.

— City News Service