San Diego County reported 563 new cases of COVID-19 and no new virus-related deaths Saturday.
Saturday’s data increased the county’s cumulative total to 374,398 cases since the pandemic began, with the death toll remaining at 4,250.
There were 277 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county as of Saturday, a decrease of 12 from Friday, according to the latest state figures. Of these, 77 people were in intensive care, down four from the previous day.
The number of county residents who have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine is now nearly 2.55 million — or 90.9% of residents 12 and older. More than 2.31 million, or 82.4% of that cohort, are fully vaccinated.
A total of 22,415 new tests were reported to the county on Friday, and the percentage of new positive cases over the past week was 3.1%, according to the county health department.
–City News Service
