If you are planning a reunion during the upcoming holidays, county health officials say you should cancel it.
Gathering with family or friends outside of your home can increase COVID-19 in cases and hospitalizations, further straining the health care of local complex care already close to capacity.
“I know how difficult this time of year is for many of us. Holidays that are full of complexity are neither fun nor comfortable. This year, things should be different, ”said Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, the county’s public health officer. “We know what happens when the holidays come, and people get together. Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and mortality rates increase sharply. “
The intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability for the Southern California area has dropped below 15% and the regional stay home order has been implemented, so the situation is getting worse.
The availability of ICU beds is now zero. More ICU Hospitals in the area are overcrowded even after the beds have been added.
Here is what I experienced in the field in the week following Thanksgiving:
- Since the epidemic began after Thanksgiving, 44% or about 59,400 cases have occurred in about 146,000 cases.
- In more than 5,500 hospitals since the epidemic began, about 780 or 14% occurred after Thanksgiving.
- Of the 1,350 deaths reported since the onset of the epidemic, approximately 330 or 25% occurred after Thanksgiving. Deaths are on the rise, with the area set to record an additional 200 deaths by the end of January.
“We don’t want to see what happened again after Thanksgiving. We had 39 people killed in a single day. That’s a new record, “Wooten said. “We must stay separate to control the spread of the virus. If we don’t, cases, hospitalizations and deaths will increase. “
COVID-19 vaccines are available in the region:
- Total Dosage: 23,2020 As of December, 102,550 are available.
- Pfizer: 29,250 doses; Two doses administered three weeks apart.
- Modern: 73,300 doses; Two doses are given except four weeks apart.
- Dose numbers do not include federal, military and multi-county entities such as Saffron, as well as the Pharmacy Partnership Program.
ICU Capacity and Stay Home Order:
- The existing ICU capacity for the Southern California region is now 0.0% and will be updated daily by the state.
- The Regional Stay Home Order is still in force and will ban gatherings of any size with people from other homes and add restrictions for multiple areas.
- The order will last for at least three weeks or until the ICU capacity of the region is more than 15% or more. The order will be evaluated by the state after a period of three weeks.
Community setup eruption:
- A community outbreak on November 22 has been confirmed. 22: Three in business settings, two in TK-12 school setting, one in daycare / preschool / childcare setting, one in grocery setting, one in health care setting, one in construction setting, one in emergency services setting, one in food / beverage processing setting and one in government setting.
- In the last seven days (December 16 to December 22) 44 community outbreaks were confirmed.
- The number of community outbreaks is above seven or more triggers in seven days.
- An outbreak of community establishment is defined as three or more covid-19 cases in the setting and in different households over the last 14 days.
Testing:
- As of Dec. 22, 31,036 trials were reported in the county, and the percentage of newly laboratory-confirmed cases was 8%.
- The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 9.7%. The target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average tests are 28,806.
- People at high risk of COVID-19, with or without symptoms, should be tested. People with any symptoms should be examined. Healthcare and essential workers should also get a test, as well as people who have had close contact with a positive case or live in communities that are most affected. Those who have recently returned from a trip, or who attended a holiday gathering, are also requested to take the test.
Case:
- As of Dec. 22, 2,598 new cases were reported in the county. The total number of this sector is now 134,696.
- 5,524 or 4.1% of all cases require hospitalization.
- 1,160 or 0.9% of all cases and 21% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to the intensive care unit.
Mortality:
- On December 22, 22 new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the county, a new record. The total number of this area is now 1,350.
- 20 men and 19 women died between December 9th and December 22nd, and their ages ranged from 40s to mid-90s.
- All but two had an underlying medical condition.
More info:
Found a more detailed data summary on County coronavirus-sd.com website Updated daily at 5 p.m.
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