SLO County adds 33 new coronavirus cases, nears 700-case mark
San Luis Obispo County reported 33 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of people who locally tested positive for COVID-19 since March to 675, according to ReadySLO.org.
As of Thursday, there were 190 active COVID-19 patients in San Luis Obispo County, the highest total of active local patients yet.
San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles each added six cases since Wednesday. Nipomo added eight cases, and San Miguel added four.
Grover Beach, Oceano and Pismo Beach each added two cases. Arroyo Grande added one new case.
One case was removed from Atascadero’s count.
One of the latest cases was travel related, six were acquired through person-to-person contact and 10 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 — 483 — have completely recovered from the illness.
A total of 178 people are still recovering at home. Twelve patients are receiving hospital treatment, six of whom are in intensive care units.
Two local residents have died from COVID-19, including a 94-year-old patient who had been hospitalized with coronavirus-related symptoms for about two weeks.
The first San Luis Obispo County resident to die of coronavirus died in early April.
The Paso Robles area continues to have the most COVID-19 cases in the county with 173.
Followed by San Luis Obispo, which has 104 cases, and Nipomo with 98. Atascadero has 75 and Arroyo Grande is at 48 cases total.
Templeton has 24 cases, Grover Beach has 24, San Miguel has 20 and Pismo Beach has 19. The California Men’s Colony has reported 11 cases.
Morro Bay has 10, Los Osos has 15 and Shandon has six. Oceano has 13 cases and Cambria has seven.
Other areas — defined as cities or communities with fewer than five cases — have 19 cases altogether. And four cases are listed as unknown.
In total, 146 cases involve people ages 50 to 64, 83 cases involve people age 65 to 84, and 13 are people over the age of 85 years old.
There are 184 residents aged 30 to 49 who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and 184 residents aged 18 to 29 years old. The remaining 65 cases involve people age 17 and younger. 65
In total, the county has determined 76 patients acquired the virus through travel, 275 acquired it through person-to-person contact and 225 contracted it through community spread.
The county has not determined the route of transmission for 99 cases.
San Luis Obispo County public and private health labs have conducted at least 23,473 tests. Between Wednesday and Thursday, 642 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.
