Another record: San Diego reports 2,039 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths - FOX 5 San Diego

Dec 05, 2020

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County reported 2,039 new COVID-19 infections Friday with 791 coronavirus patients hospitalized and 216 in intensive care.

The 10-county Southern California region — which includes San Diego County — could meet that criteria in a matter of days, Newsom said.

The number of patients with COVID-19 in San Diego County hospitals has increased dramatically from one month ago3

Of the 88,000-plus cases logged in the county since the start of the pandemic, 4,806 — or 5.5% — have required hospitalization and 1,061 patients — 1.2% — had to be admitted to an ICU.

The total number of people hospitalized for any reason in the county is 4,587 — fairly consistent with the past several months — but the percentage of COVID-19 patients in the region’s hospitals rose from 6.7% a month ago to 17.2% on Friday.

SAN DIEGO - San Diego County residents soon will be subject to new regional stay-at-home orders after Southern California's ICU capacity fell below 15% late Friday.

On Friday, the state's Department of Public Health announced the current ICU capacity in the Southern California region at 13.1%.

SAN DIEGO - In San Diego County, local industries and residents are bracing for the fallout of a potential shutdown triggered late Friday as ICU capacity in Southern California dropped under the state's threshold.