Appointments and walk-up vaccinations are available at the sites.
Thursday was the first day of the expanded hours. The Chula Vista site maintained a queue of about two dozen people until around 7 p.m.
“The ones that haven t come in now don t have any excuse,” Chula Vista resident Jerry Escalante said. I got here around 6:30, maybe 7, and just to be able to come here after work, that was very helpful. I work until 5 so it would be really difficult for me to take off work to come here, so it really benefitted me to be able to go to work and then come here to get the vaccine,” fellow Chula Vista resident Adam Ashoor added.
NBC 7 Investigates analyzed county data on vaccination rates by zip code.
County health workers focused a lot of attention and energy on getting shots in arms in Latinos living along the border and in the South Bay. And for a good reason – these communities comprised a lion’s share of new COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
And it appears that effort has paid off.
In 92173 in San Ysidro, where nearly 95% of residents are Latino, nearly 65% of people are vaccinated.
But it s not just down south - a lot of zip codes along the coast and up north are reporting high vaccination numbers too.
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OCEANSIDE (KUSI) – San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond and Oceanside Mayor Esther Sanchez announced the opening of a new vaccination site at the North Coastal Health and Human Services Facility in Oceanside.
The clinic will provide over 700 daily vaccine doses and will replace the current Oceanside vaccine center at the North Coastal Live Well Center.
Desmond also discussed San Diego County moving into the red tier and what that means for businesses.
Latest Coronavirus Impacts: 226 COVID-19 Cases, 15 New Deaths Reported NBC 7 Staff
What to Know for March 27
226 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county on March 26. The region s total is now 269,275
15 new COVID-19 deaths were reported. The region’s total is 3,540.
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