San Bernardino County topped 600 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, with 48 new deaths Tuesday (August 18), the second-most in one day. The highest number of deaths in a single day was 59 on August 4.
Here in the Morongo Basin there are 281 confirmed cases: Yucca Valley with 168; Joshua Tree, 55; Twentynine Palms, 35; Morongo Valley, 18; Landers, four; and Pioneertown has one.
Here is updated numbers, according to county and state public health officials.
San Bernardino County
Cases: 42,150, up from 41,564 Monday, August 17
Deaths: 616, up from 568 Monday
Hospitalizations: 441 Monday, up from 437 Sunday, August 16; Suspected patients: 80 Monday, down from 90 Sunday
Intensive-care unit patients: 130 Monday, same as Sunday; Suspected patients: 16 Monday, down from 18 Sunday
Recoveries: 33,762, up from 32,871 Monday
Skilled-nursing facilities: Residents: 1,628 as of Monday; deaths: 236. Employees: 1,033
State prisons in San Bernardino County: 84 active in-custody cases Tuesday
People tested: 324,476, up from 321,641 Monday
