SLO County adds 43 new cases of coronavirus — the majority involving people under 50
San Luis Obispo County reported 43 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of people who locally tested positive for COVID-19 since March to 808, according to ReadySLO.org.
As of Tuesday, there are 220 active COVID-19 patients in San Luis Obispo County. Saturday saw the highest total of active local patients yet at 223.
Of the new cases, 11 involved people 50 or older, and 32 involve people under the age of 50.
Paso Robles added 11 coronavirus cases, while San Luis Obispo added seven.
Atascadero, Grover Beach and San Miguel added four cases each. Arroyo Grande had two new cases, and Oceano added one.
SLO County’s COVID-19 cases by the numbers
A majority of San Luis Obispo County residents who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 — 586 — have completely recovered from the illness.
A total of 207 people are still recovering at home. Thirteen patients are receiving hospital treatment, five 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 195.
That city is followed by San Luis Obispo, which has 130 cases, and Nipomo with 122. Atascadero has 82 and Arroyo Grande is at 65 cases total.
Templeton has 27 cases, Grover Beach has 32, San Miguel has 34 and Pismo Beach has 22. The California Men’s Colony has reported 11 cases.
Morro Bay has 11, Los Osos has 16 and Shandon has six. Oceano has 17 cases and Cambria has seven. Avila Beach has five cases. Cayucos has six cases.
Santa Margarita now has six.
Other areas — defined as cities or communities with fewer than five cases — have 13 cases altogether. And one case is listed as unknown.
In total, 169 cases involve people ages 50 to 64, 96 cases involve people age 65 to 84, and 16 are people over the age of 85 years old.
There are 218 residents aged 30 to 49 who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and 234 residents aged 18 to 29 years old. The remaining 75 cases involve people age 17 and younger.
In total, the county has determined 91 patients acquired the virus through travel, 330 acquired it through person-to-person contact and 270 contracted it through community spread.
The county has not determined the route of transmission for 117 cases.
San Luis Obispo County public and private health labs have conducted at least 25,534 tests.
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.
A pop-up clinic will be available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Pavillion on the Lake in Atascadero.
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.
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.
Correction: An earlier version of this story did not include the number of COVID-19 cases in Cayucos. The omission has been corrected.
This story was originally published July 7, 2020 at 2:38 PM.