In a grim milestone, almost 4,000 San Bernardino County residents have lost their lives to the coronavirus. On Monday (March 29), the county reported 126 more deaths over the weekend, bringing the total to 3,994 since the onset of the pandemic. In a positive sign, the number of county residents who are reported to have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine jumped by 5.4%—or by more than 22,000—over the weekend to reach 441,225, data show.
The new figures reflect an updating of statistics, not what happened between Friday and Monday. At the start of the month, reported deaths were mostly from December and January. Now most of the deaths being reported occurred in January, February, or March.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers as of Monday.
Confirmed cases: 290,715 total, up 400 from Friday, averaging 124 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 3,994 total, up 126 from Friday, averaging 43.1 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 128 confirmed and 17 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 29 confirmed and no suspected patients in the ICU, with 23 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 20.0% from a week earlier.
Tests: 2,693,369 total, up 24,948 from Friday, averaging 6,860 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 285,526 total, up 389 from Friday, averaging 104 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 679,529 vaccine doses, with 194,840 people partially vaccinated and 246,385 people fully vaccinated, as of Sunday
Reopening plan tier: Red (substantial risk level; some nonessential indoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Tuesday, March 23:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 4.0
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 4.0
Test positivity rate: 2.3% (2.6% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
What’s next: To advance to the orange tier and reopen more businesses, San Bernardino County would need an adjusted case rate below 4.0 and a positivity rate below 5.0% for the whole county and 5.3% in disadvantaged neighborhoods for two consecutive weeks, and to have been in the red tier for three weeks. If metrics get worse, it could move back into the more restrictive purple tier.
