(New COVID 19 numbers)....They were released Tuesday morning.

The numbers are provided by the County Public Health Department. According to the new numbers, active cases of COVID 19 continue to trend down. The active cases of COVID 19 are now at 277, down from the 363 reported last week. The number of COVID positive patients hospitalized remain at 25, 11 of those are in Intensive care. 20 ventilators are currently in use, countywide. The Omicron variant cases reported in Imperial County since December 2021 are now at 430. The number of Delta variant cases reported in Imperial County since 2020 are now at 1,189. The State Metric for Imperial County indicate a positivity rate, 7 day average is at 14.7%. The new cases per day per 100,000 population is at 25.90. Deaths attributed to the virus have risen to 889. That compares to 874 reported last week. The number of COVID vaccine doses administered countywide are at just over 429,000