San Luis Obispo County reported 46 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the county's total to 1,158 confirmed cases as of July 16.
Eleven people are hospitalized, including five patients who are in the ICU.
Another 413 people are recovering at home and 727 people have recovered.
Recovery information on one patient is listed as "unknown."
San Luis Obispo County has had six deaths attributed to COVID-19.
COVID-19 tests are currently available to the public in Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo, and Nipomo.
The pop-up testing clinic in Nipomo will be open through Thursday, July 16. It will move to Paso Robles for the week of July 20-23 and to Morro Bay the following week.
Appointments are required at all locations. Click here to schedule an appointment.
We have been seeing an increased number of no-shows for COVID-19 testing appointments recently. If you have signed up at one of our testing sites but cannot make your appointment, please be sure to cancel ahead of time so it can be used for somebody else who needs a test.
— SLO Public Health (@SLOPublicHealth) July 16, 2020
Health officials say 422 cases, or about 36% of the county's total, are the result of the patient having direct contact with a person who tested positive for the virus; 350 cases are attributed to community spread; and, 118 cases are the result of travel outside the county. Another 268 cases are still under investigation.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles - 276
- San Luis Obispo - 181
- Nipomo - 157
- Atascadero - 120
- Arroyo Grande - 109
- Grover Beach - 54
- Templeton - 41
- San Miguel - 40
- Pismo Beach - 36
- Oceano - 26
- Los Osos - 24
- Morro Bay - 16
- California Men's Colony inmates - 11
- Cambria - 11
- Santa Margarita - 9
- Cayucos - 8
- Shandon - 6
- Avila Beach - 6
An additional 19 cases are in communities with fewer than five cases, and the Public Health Department is not identifying those locations. The location of eight cases is listed as "unknown."
For more information on the county's COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.