County health officials Friday said the single day number of new cases of the coronavirus jumped to 652, but county officials said the higher number was due in part to a backlog of cases reported..
Here is the breakdown in the Friday report.
Community Setting Outbreaks:
- Two new outbreaks were identified on Aug. 6: one in a business setting and one in a restaurant.
- In the past seven days, 20 community outbreaks were identified.
- The number of community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
- A community setting outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in a setting and in people of different households in the past 14 days.
Testing:
- 11,501 tests were reported to the County on Aug. 6 and the number of laboratory-confirmed cases was 6%.
- The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 4.9%. Target is less than 8.0%.
- The 7-day, daily average of tests is 7,873.
Cases:
- 652 new cases were reported in San Diego County for a total of 31,779. Daily number due in part to backlog of test results reported to County.
- 2,712 or 8.5% of cases have required hospitalization.
- 681 or 2.1% of all cases and 25.1% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
Deaths:
- Three new COVID-19 deaths were reported in San Diego County on Aug. 6 and the region’s total is now 586.
- One woman and two men died between July 29 and Aug. 5, and their ages ranged from 60 to 77 years of age.
- All had underlying medical conditions.
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