San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency reported 862 new COVID-19 infections and 14 additional deaths in its latest data.
Friday’s data increased the county’s cumulative coronavirus totals to 736,368 cases and 5,018 deaths.
An average of 16,300 COVID-19 tests were recorded each day for the past week. Of those, 5.7% returned positive — down from 6.5% on Tuesday. The county reports this data on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The number of San Diego County patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continued to fall, decreasing to 497 Friday — down from 532 on Thursday — according to the latest state data. The number of those patients in intensive care decreased by five to 91. Available ICU beds decreased by 12 to 197.
A total of 1,151,574 — or 54.3% — of San Diego County residents who are fully vaccinated have received a booster shot, according to the HHSA.
More than 2.9 million — or 92.6% — of San Diego County residents age 5 and older are at least partially vaccinated and more than 2.56 million, or 81.4%, are fully vaccinated.
City News Service contributed to this article.
