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COUNTY COVID-19 NUMBERS TRENDING DOWN, LOCAL CASES AT 467 AND 27 DEATHS

Over the last seven days the average number of new coronavirus cases in San Bernardino County is 106, far below the peak in July, which saw a seven-day moving average of more than 700 almost every day, according to county data. There have been 52,471 total confirmed cases, equal to about 2.4% of the county’s 2,180,085 residents. Of those confirmed cases, about 1.7% of patients have died from complications of COVID-19.

Here in the Morongo Basin we have had 467 confirmed cases and 27 deaths: Yucca Valley with 239 cases and 21 deaths; Twentynine Palms, 87 cases and one death; Joshua Tree, at 87 cases and three deaths; Morongo Valley, 43 cases and one death; Landers, nine cases and one death; and Pioneertown, with two cases.

Here are the latest numbers, according to county and state public health officials.

San Bernardino County

  • Confirmed cases: 52,471, up from 52,287 Saturday, Sept. 19
  • Deaths: 908, no change from Saturday
  • Hospitalizations: 167 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 169 Friday; 54 suspected patients Saturday, up from 47 Friday
  • Intensive-care unit: 45 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 50 Friday; 11 suspected patients Saturday, up from 10 Friday
  • People tested: 581,884, up from 575,953 Saturday
  • Reopening plan tier: Purple (widespread risk level). Many non-essential indoor business operations are closed.
  • New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 6.8 as of Tuesday, Sept. 15
  • Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 7.4 as of Tuesday
  • Test positivity rate: 6.4% as of Tuesday

What’s next: San Bernardino County is meeting one criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier (positivity rate of 8% or less) but not the other (adjusted case rate of 7.0 or less). When it has met both for two consecutive weeks, it can advance. The state updates the numbers on Tuesdays.

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