San Luis Obispo County reported 44 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 611 confirmed cases as of June 30.
It is the largest single-day increase in cases in the county since the pandemic began.
Fourteen people are hospitalized, including six patients who are in the ICU.
Another 140 people are recovering in their homes and 456 have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County has had a death attributed to COVID-19.
Free coronavirus tests are currently available in Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo.
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Health officials say 267 of the county’s total cases are the result of the patient’s direct contact with a person who tested positive for the virus; 212 cases are attributed to the spread of the community; and, 72 cases are the result of traveling out of the county. Sixty cases are still under investigation.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Inmates of the California Men’s Colony – 11
Another 21 cases are in communities with fewer than five cases, and the Department of Public Health is not identifying those locations. The location of four cases appears as “unknown”.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.
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