SLO County adds 31 new coronavirus cases and 1 death
A second San Luis Obispo County resident died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, and 31 new coronavirus cases were confirmed locally.
The total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 since March is now 642, according to ReadySLO.org.
According to county officials, the second reported death was a 94-year-old patient who was hospitalized with COVID-19 for about two weeks.
The first San Luis Obispo County resident to die of coronavirus died in early April.
As of Wednesday, there were 175 active COVID-19 patients in San Luis Obispo County, the highest yet number of active patients locally.
San Luis Obispo added seven cases and Paso Robles added six since Tuesday. Nipomo added four cases and Los Osos added three.
Atascadero, Templeton, San Miguel, Cambria and Grover Beach each added two cases. Arroyo Grande, Oceano and locations listed as “other” added one new case each.
On Wednesday, one case was removed from Pismo Beach’s Tuesday case count.
Twelve of the most recent cases are in the 50 to 64 age range. The rest of the new cases were under the age of 50, including one minor.
Three of the latest cases were travel related, two were acquired through person-to-person contact and four were a result of community spread. The route of transmission for the additional cases has not yet been determined.
SLO County’s COVID-19 cases by the numbers
A majority of San Luis Obispo County residents who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 — 465 — have completely recovered from the illness.
A total of 166 people are still recovering at home. Nine patients are receiving hospital treatment, five of whom are in intensive care units.
Two local resident has died from COVID-19.
The Paso Robles area continues to have the most COVID-19 cases in the county with 167.
Followed by San Luis Obispo, which has 98 cases, and Nipomo with 90. Atascadero has 76 and Arroyo Grande is at 47 cases total.
Templeton has 24 cases, Grover Beach has 22 and Pismo Beach has 17. The California Men’s Colony has reported 11 cases.
Morro Bay has 10, San Miguel has 16, Los Osos has 15 and Shandon has six. Oceano has 11 cases and Cambria has seven.
Other areas — defined as cities or communities with fewer than five cases — have 22 cases altogether. And three cases are listed as unknown.
In total, 142 cases involve people ages 50 to 64, 80 cases involve people age 65 to 84, and 13 are people over the age of 85 years old.
There are 173 residents aged 30 to 49 who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and 172 residents aged 18 to 29 years old. The remaining 62 cases involve people age 17 and younger.
In total, the county has determined 75 patients acquired the virus through travel, 269 acquired it through person-to-person contact and 216 contracted it through community spread.
The county has not determined the route of transmission for 82 cases.
San Luis Obispo County public and private health labs have conducted at least 22,831 test. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, 519 tests were conducted.
Where to get a COVID-19 test
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, testing has increased in San Luis Obispo County.
Pop-up testing clinics will be staffed by county employees and analyzed at the Public Health Department lab, which has recently increased its testing capacity to 300 tests per day.
In addition to the pop-up testing events, free COVID-19 testing is available at ongoing sites in Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo.
▪ Grover Beach: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ramona Garden Park, 993 Ramona Ave.
▪ San Luis Obispo: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Veterans Memorial Hall, 801 Grand Ave.
Additional pop-up clinics will be available in North County beginning next Monday.
Testing is available through private healthcare providers, urgent care centers and the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Lab.
Visit ReadySLO.org for the latest public health updates and recommendations.
To make an appointment, visit emergencySLO.org/testing; you can register by phone at 888-634-1123.
The county continues to ask that people limit large social gatherings and wear face coverings in public spaces when physical distancing can’t be maintained, in accordance with a state mandate issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
This story was originally published July 1, 2020 at 2:29 PM.
