Two ZIP codes in the South Bay have the highest COVID case rate in the county, despite having some of the highest vaccination numbers. ABC 10News Reporter Jared Aarons takes an In-Depth look at the discrepancy between those two numbers.
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. While not every part of the country will reach President Biden s vaccine goal, San Diego County actually surpassed it.
The hope was that seven in ten adult Americans would be vaccinated by this Sunday.
For those still hesitant to get the vaccine, health officials are working to get the message out that all three vaccines - Pfizer, Moderna and the one-shot Johnson and Johnson are safe and effective, even against the highly contagious Delta variant.
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Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, attention has turned specifically to those who received Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine. The concern is amid the more contagious delta variant.
As of June 30, San Diego County has identified 25 cases of the delta variant. It should be noted the county conducts limited sequential testing to identify variants and share that more can be out there. Two people with the delta variant were hospitalized, according to the latest county data. Almost 95% of the delta variant cases are from those not fully vaccinated, according to San Diego County Supervisor Chair Nathan Fletcher.
“This is something nobody wants and you don t wish it on anyone,” said Zuniga.
That same day the county reported 33 new COVID-19-related deaths. In the last month, the county has reported a total of 747 deaths, which account for 39% of its 1,898 total deaths since the pandemic started.
What is more concerning is that, according to Adriana Bearse with the San Diego Latino Health coalition, people are taking fewer precautions now that they know the vaccine is here.
“With a lot of the excitement of the vaccine, people might be like ‘Oh great, now that the vaccine is here that means that it is finally the solution and we don t necessarily need to continue with these behaviors.”