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State Knowledge Showcase San Diego County Is Backing Off Against COVID-19
– 5:52 p. m. , Tuesday, September 8, 2020
State knowledge released Tuesday shows San Diego County is backing down in its fight against COVID-19, with a number of new cases consistent with another 100,000 people achieving 6. 9 and the consistent percentage of positive tests at 4. 2%, dangerously. close to falling into the “generalized” point like much of the rest of the state.
The county is at point 2 or “substantial” point, the strictest point at the moment in the state. With a slight increase in the number of new cases consistent with 100,000, San Diego can locate itself the latest recently opened businesses.
The figures for the generalized point, which include all other Outdoor Southern California counties in Orange County, are 7 or more new cases consisting of 100,000 and more than 8% positive evidence. Only one of the above rules may be enough to push a county to the next point.
California publishes its county knowledge on Tuesday.
San Diego County Public Fitness reported 211 new COVID-19 infections and two more deaths Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total for the region to 41,077 cases and 709 deaths.
– City news service
City Council approves mandatory 80-hour sick leave for the city’s top employers
– 5:06 p. m. , Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The City of San Diego Council voted Tuesday to demand that the transitority in absences be paid more for health problems for full-time San Diego staff of corporations employing more than 500 people in the event of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Councilman Chris Ward said the ordinance is a stopgap measure until Sept. 30, the last day Gov. Gavin Newsom will have to flag or veto the expenditures before they are enacted. A couple of expenses, one from the Assembly and one from the Senate, on the governor’s table would render the San Diego ordinance useless.
The local ordinance and any of the expenses were written in reaction to the federal Paid Emergency Sick Leave Act, which took effect on April 1. or telepaintings. for reasons related to COVID-19, but it only applies to corporations with less than 500 painters, leaving out the country’s giant corporations.
The local ordinance, which passed 7-2, applies to giant employers, of whom San Diego has 147 within its borders, and requires those employers to provide 80 hours of ill-health leave for COVID-19-related reasons. News service
SDSU Extends House Order Amid COVID-19 Development
– 8:30 a. m. , Tuesday, September 8, 2020
San Diego State University has announced that it has extended its order to stay home for academics until next Monday amid emerging COVID-19 cases among the student body.
The order requiring students to remain in their current apartment for fundamental wishes originally expired at 6 a. m. Tuesday, but will remain in effect until 9 a. m. Monday.
Violations of the order can result in disciplinary consequences, the school said.
The university reported on Monday 63 cases shown or likely COVID-19 among the student population on and off campus.
The most recent instances raise the total number of university instances to 286 since the start of the fall semester on August 24.
On Friday, San Diego County public fitness officials showed several COVID-19 case teams within the university’s network among students, including the off-campus outbreak announced last Wednesday.
SD County Reports 308 New COVID-19 Cases, Three New Deaths
– 5:08 p. m. , Sunday, September 6, 2020
San Diego County public physical activity reported 308 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths on Sunday, bringing the county’s cumulative total to 40,650 cases and 707 deaths.
Two and one man died between July 29 and August 31. Its ages ranged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s; two of the three had underlying fitness problems.
The rate of cases calculated across the state of San Diego County is 5. 8 and the test positivity rate is 3. 8%.
Of 4,271 checks reported Saturday, 7% tested positive, bringing the county’s 14-day positive check rate to 4. 3 percent, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 6,946.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,214, or 7. 9%, have required hospitalization since the beginning of the pandemic and 772, or 1. 9%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
County fitness officials reported two new outbreaks on the network on Saturday, which raised the number of outbreaks in the week after 20. One of the outbreaks occurred in one company and another in a company. – City News Service
San Diego County surpasses 40,000 COVID-19, 704 deaths
– 8:29 p. m. , Saturday, September 6, 2020
San Diego County’s public fitness reported 443 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths from the disease, bringing the county’s cumulative total to 40,342 cases and 704 deaths.
Two and one man died between July 29 and September 3. Their ages ranged from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, and all three had underlying medical conditions.
The rate of cases calculated across the state of San Diego County is 5. 8 and the trial rate is 3. 8%.
Of the 7,445 checks reported Friday, 6% yielded positive results, raising the county’s 14-day positive check rate to 4. 2%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 7,102.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,199 – or 7. 9% – have required hospitalization since the beginning of the pandemic, and 768 – or 1. 9% – have been admitted to an extensive care unit. – City News Service
San Diego State University reports that 120 more academics with COVID-19
– 4:44 p. m. , Friday, September 4, 2020
A Diego State University reported on Friday, 120 other instances shown or likely COVID-19 among its student population, bringing the total number of university instances to 184 since the beginning of the fall semester on August 24.
In addition, San Diego County public fitness officials have shown several COVID-19 case teams within the college network among students, including the off-campus outbreak announced last Wednesday. to educational activities on campus, adding courses or labs.
Luke Wood, vice president of student affairs and diversity at sdSU’s campus, said the university was running with a security company to enforce public proficile code violations and had issued a total of 457 student violations through Friday afternoon. violations can result in suspension or expulsion from college. Some organizations were also cited. Wood stated that most of them were fraternities or sororities, but continued that not all were, and that the network as a whole spreads, regardless of the type of organization in which they occurred.
All the in-person closures of the university, which according to SDSU President Adelos Angeles de los Angeles Torre, account for only 7% of all closures, were launched on Wednesday. SDSU also suspended all athletics education and practice on campus for two weeks from Thursday due to COVID-19. – City news service
2 new coronavirus outbreaks reported Thursday
– 3:45 p. m. , Thursday, September 3, 2020
San Diego County Public Fitness Reported 325 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths from the disease Thursday, bringing the county’s cumulative total to 39,446 cases and 700 deaths.
Five men died between 1 and 31 August, aged between the mid-1940s and early 1990s, and all had underlying diseases.
Of the 9,031 checks reported Thursday, 4% tested positive, keeping the county’s 14-day positive check rate at 3. 8%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 7,190.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,169 – or 8% – have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic, and 767 – or 1. 9% – have been admitted to an extensive care unit.
The county’s fitness on Thursday reported two new outbreaks in the network, which raised the number of outbreaks during the week after 17 in a business and a restaurant/bar.
The number of outbreaks in the network remains well above the county target of less than seven in seven days. A network-based epidemic is explained as 3 or more cases of COVID-19 in one context and in others from other families in the 14 days that followed. . – City news service
Carlsbad suspends fees for external permits in the COVID-19 pandemic
– 12:20 p. m. , Thursday, September 3, 2020
The city of Carlsbad announced Thursday that it would temporarily postpone collection fees for coffee terraces, outdoor stalls and coffee licenses on the street to help businesses tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
This suspension of license payments also means a refund of approximately $8,000 to companies that have paid that type of lease since March 1 of this year The reimbursement of prices and revenue offset by the suspension of payment collection will be financed by budget of the Recovery and Revitalization Initiative. Of these budgets, $175,000 remains for emergency or long-term measures of the City Council.
When pandemic public fitness ordinances required the closure of domestic operations, Carlsbad accommodated the progression criteria to allow corporations to use those permits to temporarily open spaces on public sidewalks. like your car parks to complement your existing spaces – City News Service
Three new COVID-19 outbreaks reported in San Diego
– 4:15 p. m. , Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Of the 7,606 checks reported Wednesday, 3% yielded positive results, raising the county’s 14-day positive check rate to 3. 8%, well below the state’s 8% directive. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 6,648.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,142 – or 8% – have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic and 760 – or 1. 9% – have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
County fitness officials reported 3 new outbreaks on the network wednesday, which raised the number of outbreaks in the week after 18. Two of the outbreaks occurred in restaurants/bars and the third occurred in a residence.
The number of outbreaks in the network remains well above the county’s goal of less than seven in seven days. A web-based epidemic is explained as 3 or more COVID-19 cases in one context and in other people from other families in the 14+ days. .
San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher warned citizens to take the disease seriously next holiday weekend and avoid home vacations and other giant gatherings.
“One of the harmful maximum parameters is an indoor environment,” he said. “The movements we are taking to move forward will have an effect on our trajectory in the future. “- City News Service
UC San Diego joins second national clinical trial for COVID-19
– 1:47 p. m. , Wednesday, September 2, 2020
UC San Diego Health announced today that it will be enrolled for a moment in a national clinical trial to expand a vaccine designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the new crownvirus guilty of COVID-19, until the end of the year.
Like the Modern clinical trial, which was presented last July, the National Phase III exam in AstraZeneca will recruit up to 30,000 participants at various sites across the country.
The verification arm at UC San Diego will involve approximately 1,600 participants, with special attention to underned communities, and has an expected start date of September 8.
UCSD researchers are working with The Center in the Imperial Valley Regional Medical Center, which has been hit by the pandemic, to create a subsite for the trial. – City News Service
The San Diego Symphony cancels the 2020 calendar and moves to 2021
– 4:51 p. m. , Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The San Diego Symphony canceled the rest of its 2020 season on Tuesday as COVID-19-related closures continued, with some performances cancelled until May 2021.
All Jacobs Masterworks concerts at Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center have been canceled until December 31. In addition, all special concerts and Broadway concerts in the Jacobs, Jazz at the Jacobs, Fox Film and Family concert series have been canceled until May 2021. .
Due to cancellations and to simplify the ticketing process, the company will automatically move any 2020/21 subscription in the 2021/22 season. The Symphony plan for percentages of the main points of the 2021/22 season lineup in April 2021.
“While our venues, Copley Symphony Hall at the Jacobs Music Center and The Shell, remain closed, we continue to unite with our audience and each other through a variety of virtual systems and sharing socially estranged performances through our musicians on social media, “read on the social media of the symphony. – City News Service
The San Diego Superior Court brings the jurors back together, the trial is scheduled for one month
– 4:11 p. m. , Tuesday, September 1, 2020
After about six months a jury due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The San Diego Superior Court announced Tuesday that it had resumed jury calls before the resumption of trials next month.
Jury subpoenas were mailed this week, asking potential panelists to attend downtown San Diego court on October 9.
Since a pandemic-interrupted murder trial ended when San Diego County courts closed to the general public, a criminal trial scheduled to begin on October 13 will be the first to begin after the court closes.
Most of the other court proceedings were conducted via video conference during the pandemic, but the courts faced logistical and security problems related to inviting large numbers of people to court to appear as jurors, resulting in a growing backlog of criminal trials. mid-March. – City News Service
San Diego County reports 267 new coronaviruses and 6 deaths on Tuesday
– 3:45 p. m. , Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The county’s fitness reported On Tuesday 267 new coVID-19 cases and six more deaths tuesday, bringing the region’s total to 38871 cases and 688 deaths.
Four women and two men died and their age varied from the 1940s to the 1980s, all of which had underlying medical conditions.
Of the 6,986 checks reported tuesday, 4% yielded positive results, bringing the 14-day positive county check rate to 3. 7%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 6751.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,125, or 8%, have required hospitalization since the onset of the pandemic, and 755, or 1. 9%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
The county’s health status reported a new outbreak on Tuesday in the network, which raised the number of outbreaks over the following week to 16. The outbreak occurred in a restaurant/bar. – City News Service
County reports 304 new COVID-19s on Monday
– 4:35 p. m. , Monday, August 31, 2020
San Diego County public fitness officials reported 304 new instances of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of instances in the county to 38,604, while various industries have reopened some operations in accordance with the new guidelines. state.
No new deaths have been reported, keeping deaths related to county disease at 682. Of the 5,731 controls reported on Monday, 5% yielded positive results, bringing the county’s 14-day positive control rate to 3. 7%, well below the state’s 8% pattern. The average number of checks performed over seven days in the county is 6,543.
Businesses, adding cinemas, gyms, museums and beauty and manicure salons, resumed indoor operations on Monday, with changes, under new state directives. Restaurants, places of worship and cinemas only have up to 25% occupancy or a hundred more people. depending on the lowest amount. Museums, zoos and aquariums are also required not to exceed 25% occupancy.
The county will introduce a new policy Monday night requiring indoor restaurant consumers to wear a face mask at all times, unless they are actively eating or drinking. Consumers outdoors can remove the mask without eating food or drink.
Gyms, dance studios, yoga studios, and fitness centers can operate with 10% occupancy. Beauty salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors, piercing shops, cosmetology and skin care services, and nail salons can operate indoors with general capacity; however, a new policy states that they will have to keep an electronic appointment book with the names and main points of contact. clients to track possible long-term outbreaks.
San Diego County Manager Greg Cox thanked San Diego residents for striving to meet the case rate, but presented a measured warning Monday.
“It’s not a green light, it’s a yellow light,” he said. “We still can’t get the engine of the economy at full speed. “
13 San Diego State Academics Examined for COVID-19
– 3:30 p. m. , Monday, August 31, 2020
San Diego State University reported that thirteen other academics tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, a week after classes began.
The thirteen academics, some of whom live in housing on campus, enrolled in seven other academics who tested positive for the disease last week. None of the academics attended classes in person.
An SDSU member said the university had taken direct action with academics living in university-owned housing.
“Three of the instances live on the Zapotec campus, Apartamentos Villa Alvarado and Campus Sur Plaza Norte,” he said. “Two students on campus were transferred to a designated isolation room, according to the COVID-19 protocol of the Office of Housing Management of The other student was already away from campus, before going out to look for the test this end of week Everyone is recovering well.
A total of 31 SDSU academics have COVID-19 since March. – City News Service
San Diego mayor postpones parking request until October
– 12:30 p. m. , Monday, August 30, 2020
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Monday that he ordered city staff to delay the full implementation of parking regulations until October 1 to provide more affected citizens through COVID-19.
Parking has been limited to regulations on holidays or Sundays in San Diego since March 16, meanwhile, the city has suspended fines for cars that violate street parking restrictions, parking with parking meter, time limits and yellow advertising areas. illegally parked on kerbs painted red, white and blue.
Previously, the restrictions were scheduled to return on July 1, August 1 and September 1, but the existing pandemic caused a delay.
According to Faulconer’s office, before March, the city processed an average of 42,000 parking tickets according to the month. In April, the city issued 1,704 parking tickets for violating public holidays or Sunday regulations. – City News Service
San Diego companies can reopen their indoor operations on Monday
– 11:30 a. m. , Monday, August 31, 2020
Starting Monday, companies, cinemas, gymnasiums, museums and beauty and manicure salons will be able to resume their indoor operations, with modifications, in accordance with the new state rules similar to the coronavirus pandemic.
Restaurants, places of worship and cinemas can reopen indoor operations on Monday, but only 25% occupancy or one hundred more people are allowed, depending on the lowest amount. Museums, zoos and aquariums are also required not to exceed 25% occupancy.
Gyms, dance studios, yoga studios and fitness centres can operate at a 10% occupancy. Beauty salons, hairdressers, tattoo parlors, piercing shops, skin care and cosmetology and nail salons can operate indoors with general capacity.
But when it comes to retail, dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public fitness officer, said the county would abide by state rules that would be limited to 50% occupancy.
All businesses in the room must comply with social estrangement mandates and cover their faces, as well as have a detailed plan for safe reopening in county records.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday launched a new state formula that ranks counties in one of the 4 degrees by the extent of the COVID-19 epidemic in the region.
Wooten said San Diego County had reached “Level 2,” the only county in Southern California to receive this designation. The county still has a “substantial” presence of COVID-19, but unlike Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles and Imperial counties. it’s not “extended. “
The two parameters that the state monitored in this title list come with an old one, the consistent percentage of positive controls, and a new one, the number of new daily instances for 100,000 people. San Diego County is at 3. 7% and 5. 8 consistent with 100,000 respectively. To succeed at the next level, the county will need to have positive control rates of between 2% and 4. 9% and 1 to 3. 9 new daily instances consisting of 100,000 inhabitants.
Since the county recently exceeds one of those numbers, it begins its path to the next level. – City News Service
263 new COVID-19, 3 deaths reported Saturday in San Diego
– 5:00 p. m. , Saturday, August 29, 2020
On Saturday, the county reported 263 new coVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths, bringing the region’s total to 38,047 and 679 deaths.
Two died in the mid-1980s and one man in the early 1980s. All three had underlying medical conditions.
Of the 6,796 reported tests, 4% tested positive. The 14-day moving average for positive tests is 3. 7%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of tests performed over seven days in the county is 6,978.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,083, or 8. 1%, have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic and 749, or 2%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
The county’s fitness reported six new outbreaks in the network on Friday, bringing the number of outbreaks over the following week to 20. Outbreaks occurred in a food processing environment and five in business.
The number of outbreaks in the network remains well above the county target of less than seven in seven days A network-based epidemic is explained as 3 or more cases of COVID-19 in one context and in other people from other families in the 14 days that have been. . – City news service
SOUTH DAKOTA. The county will open some inland businesses on Monday
– 4:40 p. m. , Friday, August 28, 2020
Hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new formula for the state that ranks counties in one of the 4 degrees based on the extension of the COVID-19 outbreak in the area, San Diego County officials announced that some local businesses would operate indoors. limited-time. Capacity from Monday.
On August 31, restaurants, places of worship, cinemas and museums can house up to 25% occupancy or a hundred more people, depending on the lesser of the two. Gyms can operate at 10% occupancy. Beauty salons, hairdressers and nail salons can operate indoors with general capacity. The effect on open advertising spaces lately for indoor operations, though Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public fitness officer, alluded to the fact that they could be limited to 50% occupancy.
All domestic companies must comply with social estating and facial coverage mandates, as well as have a detailed plan for safe reopening in county records.
Wooten said San Diego County had reached “Level 2,” the only county in Southern California to receive this designation. The county still has a “substantial” presence of COVID-19, but unlike Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles and Imperial counties. is not “extended”. – City News Service
Newsom unveils a new, slow reopening process
– 12:45 p. m. , Friday, August 28, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday a new reopening procedure that is slower and slower than the state previously attempted this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The new regulations create a four-tier color-coded formula that counties will pass through based on their number of cases and the percentage of positive tests. Tests.
The new procedure will give the state more force than the counties.
The new regulations come nearly two months after Newsom closed bars, indoor dining restaurants and many other businesses following a surge in the number of cases after the state’s first attempt to reopen.
Depending on the new process, counties will have to meet certain parameters for 3 weeks before some businesses can be reopened. Newsom did not imply which corporations would be included in what color point or what the reopening would look like.
The state will now publish viral statistics, such as the number of cases, per week.
The new technique aims to keep government businesses from skyrocketing when companies start reopening – Associated Press
SD County Reports 277 New COVID-19 Instances, Deaths
– 3:45 p. m. , Thursday, August 27, 2020
San Diego County public physical activity reported 277 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the disease on Thursday, bringing the region’s total to 37,499 cases and 673 deaths.
Three and two men died between 28 July and 26 August, aged between 40 and 90.
Of the 5,235 tests reported on Thursday, 5% tested positive, raising the 14-day moving average of positive tests to 3. 7%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The average number of tests performed over seven days in the county is 6,946.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,040 (8. 1%) have required hospitalization since the onset of the pandemic and 738 (2%) have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
The case rate for the county remained below the state’s 100,000 inhabitants, at 80. 6 consistent with 100,000 residents, schools are still on track to open as soon as September 1.
The county’s fitness reported 3 new outbreaks on the network on Thursday, which raised the number of outbreaks over the following week to 20. Two business outbreaks were reported, the third in a restaurant.
The number of outbreaks in the network remains well above the county target of less than seven in seven days A network-based epidemic is explained as 3 or more cases of COVID-19 in one context and in other people from other families in the 14 days that have been. . – City news service
SD County reports 228 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
– 4:48 p. m. , August 26, 2020
As San Diego County approaches the reopening of schools, county officials announced Wednesday that they will expand loose tests for school staff in the region.
Although the county reported 228 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths on Wednesday, a case rate that remains below one hundred instances of the state is consistent with one hundred thousand inhabitants (80. 2 consistent with one hundred thousand Wednesdays) means that schools will be able to open in the county starting September 1.
According to county administrator Nathan Fletcher, checks for school staff (teachers, paraprofessionals, and others) will lose the fee at all 20 county checkpoints. In addition, Fletcher said they would open more until the end of September to build the accessibility of the check.
The county does not yet advise testing for asymptomatic youth, but Fletcher said parents can seek the recommendation of number one care physicians or order tests at Rady Children’s Hospital, Tri-Care or Kaiser Permanente, depending on family health insurance, if any.
Paul Gothold, the county superintendent’s office, thanked county officials Wednesday for passing a budget of $6. 55 billion the day before that contains many COVID-19-like pieces and education, adding $2 million to ensure that students from low-income families have access to the Internet. for distance education in the school year.
“It’s been an incredibly complicated moment,” he said. We miss our students, our teachers and our classified staff. “
The county school workplace oversees 42 school districts, more than 80,000, and oversees at least one component of many private and autonomous schools.
Some districts, such as the San Diego Unified, have said they will have much stricter rules before face-to-face sessions resume.
New case awareness raised the total number of cases in the county to 37,222 and 668 deaths. A total of 8,327 tests were reported on Wednesday, with 2. 7% positive reviews, which reduced the 14-day moving average to 3. 6%, well below the state average. 8% guideline. The average number of tests performed over seven days in the county is 7,607.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,022, or 8. 1%, have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic and 738, or 2%, have been admitted to an extensive care unit. – City News Service.
California Symptoms Agreement at more than double its capacity
– 2:28 p. m. , Wednesday, August 26, 2020
California has signed a contract worth up to $1. 4 billion with a company to provide a particularly less expensive coronavirus check that will allow the state to double the number of other controlled people to 250,000 per day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
California now makes an average of about 100,000 checks per day, and the state pays $100 per check and effects that take between five and seven business days. Newsom said the state’s contract with Massachusetts-based PerkinElmer will increase the state’s check capacity to a quarter of a million a day, with a check costing about $31. The effects would occur in two days.
The contract will first charge the state $100 million, with a maximum of $1. 4 billion, according to the Newsom administration, with the goal of beginning to process tens of thousands of new tests through November and having full capacity through March. Press
San Diego County reports 267 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths
– 4:11 p. m. , Tuesday, August 25, 2020
San Diego County’s public fitness reported 267 new COVID-19 infections and five more deaths on Tuesday, bringing the regional total to 36,994 cases and 665 deaths, but the state recommendation for a reopening framework for businesses is still expected.
Tuesday’s knowledge showed that three and two men died, elderly between the mid-1960s and early 1990s.
Of the 5534 tests reported on Tuesday, 5% yielded positive results, bringing the 14-day moving average of positive tests to 3. 6%, well below the state standard of 8%. The average number of tests performed over seven days in the county is 7,386.
Of the total cases in the county, 3,006, or 8. 1%, have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic and 736, or 2%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
County fitness officials reported a new outbreak in the community Tuesday, bringing the number of outbreaks in the week after to 21 at a fitness center.
– City news service
With School Online, blood bank requests donations to compensate for blood donation campaigns
– 1:50 p. m. , Tuesday, August 25, 2020
As schools and schools log online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Diego Blood Bank appealed to the public Tuesday for more blood donations as campus blood drives are canceled or suspended.
According to the Blood Bank, she works with artistic schools for blood donation, such as network campaigns, however, blood donation campaigns at the best schools and schools would usually begin this week, which means losing heaps of blood paints. Service
San Diego County reports 187 new COVID-19 cases.
– 3:56 p. m. , Monday, August 24, 2020
Although COVID-19 figures continue in San Diego County, with 187 new infections and no deaths reported Monday, local officials said there were no remaining state rules related to the county reopening, leaving many others in limbo.
“We haven’t gained clarity yet,” said county administrator Greg Cox. “We still don’t know when we’ll get those guidelines. “
Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is waiting to hear from the state this week.
The instances reported on Monday raised the total number of accumulated instances in the region to 36,727; the number of deaths remains unchanged in 660; the 187 instances are the smallest reported in the county since August 10, and the lowest time in the last month.
Of the 7,351 tests reported on Monday, 3% tested positive, reducing the 14-day moving average of positive tests to 3. 5%, well below the state guideline of 8%. The average number of tests performed over seven days in the county is 7,394.
Of the total positive cases in the county, 2,989, or 8. 1%, have required hospitalization since the beginning of the pandemic and 733, or 2%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit. Currently, another 275 people are in regional hospitals with COVID-19, 103 of whom are under intensive care – City News Service
SeaWorld San Diego to reopen with capacity the ‘Zoo Days’ event
– 1:00 p. m. , Monday, August 24, 2020
SeaWorld San Diego, which has been closed to the public for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen on a capacity base for a multi-weekend program called “Zoo Days Bayside BBQ
SeaWorld described the program, which runs Friday through Sunday from 11 a. m. 7 p. m. from August 28 to September 27, as well as Labor Day, as an opportunity to explore 40 acres of the park while enjoying grills, craft beer and wine.
Reservations are required and visitors will need to adhere to public fitness protocols such as face blankets, physical distance, and temperature controls.
– City news service
Governor Newsom provides an update on the state’s reaction to wildfires, COVID-19
– 12:00 p. m. , Monday, August 24, 2020
Although many wildfires continue to occur in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday reported a modest downward trend in THE COVID-19 instances shown across the state.
As of August 24, California’s average seven-day for coronavirus cases of just under 6,000, with a positivity rate of 6. 5%.
The governor noted that check numbers were slightly reduced, but said 11 coronavirus control sites in the state had been affected by wildfires, affecting unit numbers.
Newsom said officials should stop any new outbreaks of evacuation-related viruses by conducting medical examinations at shelters, installing air purifiers, and requiring shelter occupants to wear masks and practice social estrangement.
But, he added, many other people won’t stay in those shelters long.
“Most of those who have been evacuated are no longer evacuated to these collective shelters, they are being evacuated to hotels,” Newsom said, noting that nearly 1,500 evacuees have been placed in 31 hotels.
When it comes to the kind of mask other people wear to deal with COVID-19 and forest fire smoke, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California Secretary of Health and Human Services, said the state had sent a surgical mask to evacuation centers and was also running to win and send N95.
Newsom added that other people ask their doctors about the most productive type of mask for their specific medical needs.
– Michelle Wiley / KQED
San Diego city parks open to fitness companies, places of worship
– 11:00 a. m. , Monday, August 24, 2020
Starting Monday, gyms, fitness corporations, and places of worship will be able to operate in San Diego city parks.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced the executive order Tuesday, city councilman Chris Cate proposed the concept in mid-July, and the San Diego County Board passed an ordinance for county parks on August 5.
The directive differs park fees by 60 days. Falconer will make an order to the board once he returns to the consultation in September that would make the waiver permanent.
San Diego County Public Fitness reported 337 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, but no new deaths. Totals for the region are now 36,540 cases and 660 deaths.
The county was officially removed from the state’s watch list on Tuesday, triggering a 14-day countdown that can see K-12 students in the classroom from Sept. 1, depending on the districts’ decisions. individual schoolchildren.
Currently, 27 schools, most of which are personal devoted schools, have been approved for face-to-face learning across the county.
San Diego County reports 291 CASES of COVID-19 and eight deaths
– 3:21 p. m. , Saturday, August 22, 2020
While San Diego County awaits a recommendation on the effects of its removal from the state’s coronavirus watch list, public fitness reported 291 new coVID-19 cases and 8 more deaths saturday, bringing the region’s total to 3,6,203 cases and 660 deaths.
Four and four men are dead, authorities said Saturday. Its ages ranged from the mid-1940s to the mid-1990s. They all had underlying medical conditions.
The county was officially removed from the state’s watch list on Tuesday, triggering a 14-day countdown that can see K-12 students in the classroom on September 1, depending on decisions by school districts. individual.
However, 27 schools – most personal devout schools – have been approved for face-to-face learning across the county.
Schools include Calvary Christian Academy, Francis Parker School, Chabad Hebrew Academy, San Diego French American School, La Jolla Country Day School and others. They were among the 50 schools that implemented an exemption from the county’s public fitness directive in the face. face-to-face teaching.
Of the 8,824 tests reported on Friday, 3% produced positive results, bringing the moving average from 14 days to 3. 6%, well below the state’s 8% guideline. The 7-day moving average test is 7,292 consistent with the day.
Of the total cases in the county, 2,961, or 8. 2%, have required hospitalization since the start of the pandemic and 728, or 2%, have been admitted to an intensive care unit.
The county’s fitness did not report new network outbreaks on Friday, bringing the number of outbreaks to 17 in the week after – City News Service
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