The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported 232 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, which health officials say is a 22% drop from the county's two-week average.
Local health officials said the county has recorded 28,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since tracking began last year.
There are no new COVID-19-related deaths in Santa Barbara County, according to health officials.
According to the Santa Barbara County Community Data Dashboard, 1,306 cases of COVID-19 in the county are still infectious, a 37% decrease from the county's two-week average.
Data from the health department show 179 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 48 of whom are in an intensive care unit. Health experts said this is a 7% drop in hospitalizations from Santa Barbara County's two-week average.
Below is a breakdown of the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 by location:
- Santa Maria - 9,840
- Santa Barbara - 5,172
- Lompoc - 2,965
- Lompoc Federal Prison - 1,079
- Orcutt - 1,511
- Guadalupe and North County unincorporated areas (Sisquoc, Casmalia, Garey, Cuyama, New Cuyama) - 1,103
- Isla Vista - 980
- Goleta - 1,463
- Unincorporated Goleta Valley and Gaviota - 953
- Carpinteria and South County unincorporated areas (Montecito, Summerland) - 1,108
- Santa Ynez Valley (Solvang, Buellton, Santa Ynez, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Ballard) - 829
An additional 1,564 cases are listed as "pending" location, according to the public health department.
To read more COVID-19 statistics from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, click here for the department's Daily Status Reports or click here for the Santa Barbara County Community Data Dashboard.
