The county's latest numbers show that 85.5% of children between the ages of 12 and 17 have received at least one dose of a vaccine, compared to 47.3% for children between 5 and 11 and just 9.1% for children six months to 4 years old.
Comparatively, 89.5% of San Diegans between 18 and 64 years old have received at least one COVID-19 dose. The percentage is even higher for people over 65 years of age: 99.9%.
COVID-19 vaccines are recommended for everyone 6 months and older. More than 3.01 million or 90.1% of San Diegans age 6 months and older are at least partially vaccinated. More than 2.66 million or 79.7% are fully vaccinated. A total of 1,442,309 or 58.9% of 2,447,274 eligible San Diegans have received a booster.
The number of those patients in intensive care as of Friday remained steady at 24 and the number of available hospital beds decreased by seven to 224.
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