The number of San Diego County patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continued to fall, decreasing to 493 Saturday — down from 497 Friday — according to the latest state data.
The number of those patients in intensive care decreased by eight to 83. Available ICU beds decreased by 11 to 186.
San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency reported 862 new COVID-19 infections and 14 additional deaths linked to the virus on Friday. That brought the county’s cumulative totals to 736,368 cases and 5,018 deaths.
The agency does not report COVID data on weekends.
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 new COVID-19 data on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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, Inc.
