Month: February 2021

Here is today’s COVID-19 update from the County Health and Human Services Agency with data through Feb. 1, 2021. State Metrics: San Diego County’s state-calculated, adjusted case rate is currently 42.5 cases per 100,000 residents and the region is in Purple Tier or Tier 1. The testing positivity percentage is 10.5%, placing the County in Tier 1 or the Purple Tier. The County’s health equity metric, which looks at the testing positivity for areas with the lowest healthy conditions, is 14% and it’s in the Purple Tier or Tier 1. This metric does not move counties to more restrictive tiers but is required to advance to a less restrictive tier. The California Department of Public Health assesses counties on a weekly basis. The next report is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 9. Community...

Experts have found that some COVID-19 patients are developing type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It's not clear whether diabetes could be a permanent side effect of coronavirus infection. People with autoimmune disorders, prediabetes, or obesity have high risks of COVID-19 complications. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Diabetes is known to be a risk factor for severe cases of COVID-19. But new evidence suggests the inverse might also be true: some patients who've recovered from COVID-19 are developing diabetes, including type 1 and type 2, according to research published November 2020 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. More than one in 10 coronavirus patients  (14.4%) were newly diagnosed with diabetes after recovering from the disease caused b...

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