SAN DIEGO–The county continues its recent downward trend in its COVID-19 case rate, meeting day two of three days required to get off the state’s monitoring list.
Currently, the state’s case rate for the county is at 98.3 per 100,000 people. The State’s case rate for our region was 94.1 Wednesday. Those numbers were the lowest since the County was placed on the State’s Monitoring List on July 3.
The state metric requires a rate below 100 cases per every 100,000 residents to get off its monitoring list. The normal rate must continue for an additional 14 days or until after Aug. 28 before K through 12 schools can reopen.
“The schools may reopen at that time, but the state must provide guidance on other sectors re-opening such as businesses that cannot currently operate indoors,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “The county does not have that authority.”
Elementary schools may request waivers from the state to operate but they must be reviewed by the county first. So far, 48 are under review.
The state’s 98.3 case rate for this region differs from the county’s 96.5 rate because it is calculated differently. The county’s numbers reflect the number of cases as of 11:59 p.m. the day before. The state may be one day behind. The state also excludes inmates in their report.
