San Luis Obispo County reported 38 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 19,248 confirmed cases as of February 17.
Health officials say 23 people are currently hospitalized. Another 790 are recovering at home, and health officials say 18,196 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 17 of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the county are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
SLO County has had 210 deaths attributed to the virus.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,804
- San Luis Obispo – 3,612
- California Men’s Colony (Inmates) – 2,375
- Atascadero – 1,787
- Nipomo – 1,447
- Arroyo Grande – 1,351
- Grover Beach – 782
- Ocean – 659
- Templeton – 571
- San Miguel – 468
- The Bears – 437
- Morro Bay – 392
- Cal Poly (campus residents) – 339
- Pismo Beach – 308
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 205
- Cambria – 172
- Shandon – 135
- Saint Margaret – 127
- Creston – 80
- Cayucos – 68
- Avila Beach – 26
- Saint Simeon – 21
- Bradley – 7
The locations of 68 additional cases are being investigated and another seven are listed as “other”, including communities with fewer than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify those locations.
The COVID-19 community test sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach, and Nipomo.
Appointments are required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is currently vaccinating healthcare workers and residents 65 and older. For details on how to schedule an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.