The number of COVID-positive patients in San Diego County hospitals has dropped again by three people to 991, according to the latest state data released Sunday.
The number of those patients in intensive care dropped to 182 Sunday, six fewer than Saturday.
Some patients entered hospitals for other reasons and only discovered they had COVID after a hospital-mandated test.
Available ICU beds increased by eight to 161 as of Sunday.
On Friday, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported 2,736 new COVID-19 infections and 29 deaths associated with the virus, increasing the cumulative totals to 708,770 infections and 4,786 deaths since the pandemic began.
The HHSA does not report COVID data on weekends.
City News Service contributed to this article.
