At least one of the 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in San Bernardino County is in Yucca Valley, according to Brigadier General Roger Turner of the Twentynine Palms Combat Center. In a Facebook post Friday evening, Turner said that the confirmed case was a civilian from Yucca Valley who had no connection to the Marine Corps base. No other information about the patient was released. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in San Bernardino County nearly doubled Friday, as four new cases were reported Friday, and then nearly doubled again Sunday with eight more cases, bringing the total to 17. There are no deaths attributed to COVID-19 in this county, although in neighboring Riverside county, there are six deaths and 25 confirmed cases. San Bernardino County Acting Public Health Officer Dr. Erin Gustafson said, “There is a fairly even distribution of cases throughout our county. No one should assume the virus is not present in their community. We must presume and behave as if the virus is everywhere.” Hi-Desert Medical Center CEO Karen Faulis told Z107.7 News that the county is managing all the COVID-19 cases.
