Uptick in COVID-19 cases reported in San Diego County

SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — In San Diego County, 405 new COVID-19 circumstances had been reported on the nineteenth, practically doubling from what we noticed simply in the future earlier than.

“If you consider two weeks earlier than then, we had already famous that there was a rise within the wastewater, in order that was a sign that there was going to be extra circumstances,” stated Dr. William Tseng, assistant medical director of Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and Kaiser’s vaccine lead domestically.

The uptick we’re seeing now could be nowhere close to the Omicron surge through the winter, however new subvariants are contributing to the rise in circumstances throughout the nation. Circumstances could also be greater than the info reveals on account of some at-home checks not being reported.

Dr. Tseng, says proper now in San Diego County hospitalizations are nonetheless low. He stated there are at the moment about 91 whole COVID-19 constructive hospitalizations throughout all well being methods within the county, attributing the decrease quantity to excessive vaccination charges.

“The vaccine might be the firewall that’s stopping us from getting worse and coming to the hospital. We actually imagine that is what’s stopping it from getting quite a bit worse than it may,” stated Tseng.

The uptick in circumstances comes as masks necessities have been lifted on native buses, trains, and on the airport. Masks are actually non-compulsory.

“There will likely be extra circumstances, I count on that’ll be the case within the upcoming weeks, simply due to stress-free of those mandates,” stated Tseng, including that he hopes hospitalizations do not additionally rise after a rise in circumstances.

Tseng stated individuals should not let their guards down, pondering that new subvariants aren’t as severe as those earlier than.

“Definitely with the vaccine, it appears to be like prefer it’s much less virulent however within the case of kids who’ve by no means been vaccinated, it is really the worst time,” he stated.

“A virus would not discriminate between ‘I will kill my host much less or kill my host extra’, it simply mutates, so it’s extremely onerous to say that the subsequent variant goes to get simpler.”

He continues to encourage getting a booster shot and masking in crowded public areas in case you are immunocompromised or simply need to defend these round you.