The San Diego County Well being and Human Companies Company reported 1,579 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, essentially the most since early February and half of a bigger development as infections proceed to extend.
A complete of seven,008 circumstances had been reported through the previous week in comparison with 4,996 circumstances recognized the earlier week, a 40% improve. These are solely the circumstances reported to county or hospital websites. Because the proliferation of at-home exams has elevated, the precise variety of infections is probably going a significantly greater quantity.
As well as, the HHSA reported 5 deaths Thursday, rising the county’s cumulative totals to 775,369 infections and 5,282 deaths.
Pending approval from the Western States committee, booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine might quickly be out there for San Diego youngsters ages 5 via 11, the HHSA introduced on Thursday.
The COVID-19 Pfizer boosters needs to be given 5 months after receiving the ultimate dose of the first vaccine sequence.
“Some dad and mom have been anxiously ready to provide their youngsters additional safety towards COVID-19 and the photographs could also be lastly accredited,” stated Dr. Wilma J. Wooten, San Diego County Public Well being Officer. “COVID-19 boosters for everybody who’s eligible are straightforward to get as a result of now we have loads of vaccines out there within the area.”
Moreover, the Omicron variants have been making extra San Diego youngsters sick, the HHSA reported, with some requiring hospitalization and others growing multisystem inflammatory syndrome or MIS-C. From November 27, 2021, to Could 7, 2022, 90% of the pediatric hospitalizations for the syndrome occurred in not-fully-vaccinated youngsters.
For the reason that pandemic started, there have been 98 MIS-C circumstances within the county. Of these, 53% have been reported in youngsters ages 5 to 11, and 60% have been Hispanic.
Based on the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, “MIS-C is a uncommon, however severe, postinfectious hyperinflammatory situation occurring about 2 to six weeks after an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.”
Signs of MIS-C embrace fever, belly ache, diarrhea, pores and skin rash, irritation and multiorgan dysfunction. In extreme circumstances, youngsters can expertise hypotension (low blood stress) and shock. Roughly 60-80% of the early circumstances of MIS-C sufferers required intensive care admission.
“MIS-C can typically be so extreme that youngsters require life-saving interventions,” Wooten stated. “Mother and father ought to contact their physician instantly if their little one develops any of those signs. The perfect factor dad and mom can do is get all of the really useful doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and their youngsters.”
Greater than 2.96 million or 94% of San Diegans age 5 and older are a minimum of partially vaccinated, whereas greater than 2.62 million or 83.3% are totally vaccinated. A complete of 1,323,824 or 58.5% of two,264,730 eligible San Diegans have obtained a booster shot.
A complete of 9,611 exams had been reported to the county on Could 14, and the proportion of latest optimistic circumstances was 7.3%. The 14-day rolling share of optimistic circumstances, amongst exams reported via Could 14, is 5.8%.
The variety of folks hospitalized with a coronavirus an infection in San Diego County elevated by 14 to 134, as soon as once more surpassing Santa Clara County for the second-highest hospitalization quantity within the state, in keeping with the most recent state knowledge.
Of these sufferers hospitalized as of Thursday, 24 had been being handled in intensive care, two greater than. The variety of out there hospital beds was 219.
The county solely experiences COVID-19 knowledge on Mondays and Thursdays.
