San Luis Obispo County has added 520 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths since Friday.
More than 300 new cases were added on Saturday, 123 new cases were added on Sunday, and 96 new cases were added on Monday.
That brings the county's total to 16,957 confirmed cases as of January 25.
San Luis Obispo County has had 158 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Health officials say 52 people are currently hospitalized. Another 1,856 people are recovering at home and health officials say 14,861 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County is reporting that 18 of the 38 licensed and staffed ICU beds in the county are currently occupied. Fourteen of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles - 3,298
- San Luis Obispo - 3,036
- California Men's Colony (inmates) - 2,290
- Atascadero - 1,515
- Nipomo - 1,241
- Arroyo Grande - 1,205
- Grover Beach - 713
- Oceano - 594
- Templeton - 501
- San Miguel - 415
- Los Osos - 385
- Morro Bay - 341
- Cal Poly (campus residents) - 325
- Pismo Beach - 266
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) - 202
- Cambria - 150
- Shandon - 120
- Santa Margarita - 112
- Creston - 69
- Cayucos - 62
- Avila Beach - 25
- San Simeon - 16
The location of 67 additional cases is under investigation, and another nine are listed as "other," which includes communities with fewer than five cases. The Public Health Department is not identifying those locations.
Community COVID-19 testing 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 schedule an appointment.
San Luis Obispo County is currently vaccinating health care workers and residents 75 years of age and older. For information on how to make an appointment, click here.
For more information on the county's COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.
