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SLO County exceeds 100 coronavirus deaths, 505 new cases

January 8, 2021

San Luis Obispo County exceeded 100 confirmed COVID-19 deaths Friday, while also setting a daily record for confirmed cases — 505.

The California Department of Public Health reported 505 new coronavirus cases in SLO County on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 12,810 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data the California Department of Public Health. The State of California’s website provides more current data than SLO County, which lags behind.

There have been 101 confirmed deaths in SLO County, six reported today. Currently 40 people are in the hospital, with four in the intensive care unit.

Cases by area, these numbers are from SLO County’s delayed reporting:

  • Paso Robles – 2,701
  • San Luis Obispo – 2,519
  • California Men’s Colony (inmates) – 1,214
  • Atascadero – 1,176
  • Arroyo Grande – 962
  • Nipomo – 905
  • Grover Beach – 553
  • Oceano – 445
  • Templeton – 396
  • San Miguel – 343
  • Los Osos – 295
  • Cal Poly (campus residents) – 256
  • Morro Bay – 261
  • Pismo Beach – 201
  • Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 154
  • Shandon – 107
  • Santa Margarita – 93
  • Cambria – 92
  • Creston – 59
  • Cayucos – 48
  • Avila Beach – 22
  • Shell Beach – 12
  • San Simeon – 10

In Santa Barbara County, there have been 19,931 confirmed coronavirus cases and 181 deaths, according to the State of California. Of those still suffering from the virus, there are 178 people in the hospital — 59 in the intensive care unit.

Cases by area, these numbers are from Santa Barbara County’s reporting:

Santa Maria — 7,273
Santa Barbara — 3,243
Lompoc — 2,054
Lompoc Federal Prison — 1,057
Orcutt — 1,063

As of Friday afternoon, there have been 2,568,641 positive cases, and 28,538 deaths in California.

More than 22,390,012 U.S. residents have tested positive for the virus, and 377,023 have died.

In addition, the number of people infected with the virus worldwide continues to increase: 89,245,193 cases with 1,919,359 dead.

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Looking at the numbers I would say the numbers are high in Atascadero due to CMC , SLO County Jail and Atascadero state hospital employees are spreading it as a high percentage live in Atascadero …Paso numbers high as a large number of both x2 Soledad prisons and Avenal and Colinga prisons large numbers of their employees live in Paso and San Miguel lots of commuters.

Lompoc numbers high as Lompoc prison employees can only afford to live near Lompoc or cities north of Lompoc


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