San Diego County reported 728 new COVID-19 infections and 14 additional deaths associated with the coronavirus Tuesday, as the surge in cases and hospitalizations from the omicron variant continues to wane.
The new positive cases, which reflect those counted on Monday, follow a weekend of relatively similar numbers: 616 Sunday, 729 Saturday and 894 Friday. The county Health and Human Services Agency no longer reports data on weekends or holidays.
The number of San Diego County patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continued to fall, decreasing to 574 Tuesday — down from 576 on Monday — according to the latest state data. The number of those patients in intensive care decreased by nine to 106. Available ICU beds increased by three to 206.An average of 17,995 COVID-19 tests were recorded each day for the past week. Of those, 6.5% returned positive — down from 9.
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