CDC Study Reports Bivalent Boosters Protect Against COVID-19 Variants - countynewscenter.com

Health Wastewater surveillance shows that those variants, XBB and XBB.1.5, make up about 25% of the virus circulating in San Diego County.

“While cases, hospitalizations and deaths are decreasing, these events are still occurring in San Diego County.

These new studies reinforce the data that bivalent boosters, can protect you, your family and friends from getting seriously ill or dying.”

The County Health and Human Services Agency reports that 80.5% of San Diegans—nearly 2.7 million people—got their primary COVID-19 vaccinations.

The County Health and Human Services Agency now publishes the Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report weekly.

Total lab-confirmed cases to date: 20,638 (compared to 1,472 at the same time last season and a 5,983 prior 5-year average during the same week).