coronavirus pandemic in san diego county

A 15-year-old girl has died from COVID-19, making her the second person under the age of 18 to die during the pandemic in San Diego County. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has more.

A 15-year-old girl has died from COVID-19, making her the second person under the age of 18 to die during the pandemic in San Diego County, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday.

ReOpen San Diego claims the mandate will exclude unvaccinated people from “meaningful participation in city government” by keeping them out of city meetings or business in city buildings

NBC 7’s Dave Summers explains the change, and shares reaction from parents.

Effective Wednesday, the San Diego Unified School District will update its outdoor masking policy allowing students, staff and others on SDUSD school grounds the option of no longer wearing masks outdoors.

A total of 1,111,400 — or 53.2% — of San Diego County residents who are fully vaccinated have received a booster shot, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency.

Predictive modeling suggests that the omicron surge is receding, reports NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar.

Modeling by Scripps Health predicts that the current surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations should wind down by early March, with a slow decrease in patient volume driven by the Omicron variant of the virus over the coming weeks, the health system said Tuesday.

As we round out our second year living amid the coronavirus pandemic, it isn’t hard to find San Diegans who feel they’ve paid an emotional toll. Many also have a sense of resignation that the virus is here to stay.

San Diego County set a new single-day COVID-19 case record over the weekend, more than doubling the last high mark it set early last week.

Many walk-up COVID-19 testing sites Monday had lines that wrapped around the block of the testing site. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

Omicron isn’t packing the wallop on people who are vaccinated and boosted, but it still poses a huge danger to older San Diego County residents.

San Diego State University sent out a campus-wide email Thursday announcing that all students living on campus and student-athletes will have to have their COVID-19 booster shot by Jan. 18, 2022.

NBC 7’s Melissa Adan spoke to people around town about the current state of pandemic affairs.

An additional four cases of the Omicron variant were reported in San Diego County Wednesday

Now that a new face mask mandate for indoor settings is in effect in California, there seemed to be more people wearing face coverings at San Diego county stores.

NBC 7’s Atie Ojeda headed out to Target to talk to shoppers about the return of the mandate.

More than half of Black San Diegans remain hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

More than half of Black San Diegans remain hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine and local experts say the data underscores the need to prioritize trust-building efforts and equitable access within communities.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to continue the local health emergency order connected to the efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.