There were 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday in Santa Barbara County, according to the county Public Health Department.
The county has confirmed 34,391 residents have been infected with the coronavirus since the first positive case was reported in March 2020, the online status report released Sunday showed.
Of the community cases, which exclude Lompoc federal prison inmates, more than 32,700 residents have recovered from COVID-19 as of Sunday.
Data reported by the Public Health Department showed 1,090 people at the Lompoc federal prison complex have recovered from COVID-19.
Countywide, 450 residents have died of COVID-19 to date, according to public health officials. The county’s first reported death occurred in April last year.
As of Sunday, 16 COVID-19 patients were in local hospitals, with two being treated in intensive-care units.
Santa Barbara County hospitals were operating at an ICU capacity of more than 42% on Sunday, according to the Public Health Department.
Of the new positive cases reported Sunday, three each were in Santa Maria and the Santa Ynez Valley.
Elsewhere, two each were reported in Orcutt and the Lompoc Valley, and one in Isla Vista.
Two cases are pending geographic location.
The county’s seven-day total was more than 80 people who tested positive for COVID-19, a decline from the previous week when nearly 100 cases were reported.
Countywide, 70 residents were still considered to be infectious with COVID-19, according to the Community Data Dashboard.
The county’s community test positivity rate stood at 1.4% on Sunday.
The Public Health Department has a list of COVID-19 vaccine providers on its website, publichealthsbc.org/vaccine/, and people also can search for nearby providers on California’s MyTurn website, myturn.ca.gov.
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