San Luis Obispo County reported Tuesday that a seventh person in the county died after hiring COVID-19.
Health officials say the individual was 80 years old and lived in a north county nursing home with a COVID-19 outbreak. The resident reportedly had multiple chronic health conditions and was not hospitalized.
San Luis Obispo County reported 63 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,369 confirmed cases as of July 21.
Ten people are hospitalized, including four patients who are in the ICU.
Another 448 people are recovering at home and 903 people have recovered.
COVID-19 tests are currently publicly available in Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo, and Paso Robles.
The emerging testing clinic in Paso Robles will be open until Thursday, July 23. She will then move to Morro Bay for three days next week, Monday, July 27 through Wednesday, July 29.
Appointments are required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
Health officials say 442 cases, or about 32% of the county’s total, are the result of the patient’s direct contact with a person who tested positive for the virus; 374 cases are attributed to the spread of the community; and, 120 cases are the result of traveling out of the county. Another 433 cases are still under investigation.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Inmates of the California Men’s Colony – 11
There are an additional 22 cases in communities with fewer than five cases, and the Department of Public Health is not identifying those locations. The location of seven cases is listed as “under investigation”.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.
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