The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in San Bernardino County grew by 964 between Friday, October 30, and Monday, November 2, while the county’s COVID-19 death toll rose by five, according to Monday’s updated of the county’s coronavirus website. San Bernardino County now has had 65,331 total confirmed cases and 1,079 deaths. Here in the Morongo Basin we have had 523 cases and 32 deaths: Yucca Valley with 258 cases and 24 deaths; Joshua Tree 102 cases and four deaths; Twentynine Palms, 101 cases and two deaths; Morongo valley 48 cases and one death; Landers 12 cases and one death; and Pioneertown with 2 cases.
Hospital survey: 242 confirmed and 61 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, Nov. 1, including 58 confirmed and 14 suspected patients in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 10.5% from a week earlier.
People tested: 827,546 total, up 21,667 from Friday, averaging 6,765 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 61,871 total, up 1,251 from Friday, averaging 345 per day in the past week
Reopening plan tier: Purple (widespread risk level, many non-essential indoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Tuesday:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 12.2
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 11.9
Test positivity rate: 6.6% (9.1% in socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods)
What’s next: San Bernardino County is not meeting the criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier. When it has met them for two consecutive weeks, it can advance. The state updates numbers and tiers on Tuesdays.
