Though San Bernardino County’s coronavirus rates have fallen, the county barely missed its chance to move into the yellow, or minimal, tier in California’s reopening system. Over the holiday weekend, the county’s case rate dropped to 2.0 positive cases per day per 100,000 residents. The County has been in the orange, or moderate risk, tier since April 6. Its case rate would have needed to reach 1.9 or lower per day, per 100,000 residents, in order to advance from the orange to the yellow tier. It also would have needed to maintain that rate for two weeks before the system goes away June 15. The county reported 256 more cases and five deaths Tuesday, according to its coronavirus dashboard. Sixty-two patients were in the hospital. The county also reached a vaccine milestone over the long weekend, with 1.5 million doses administered to residents.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers as of Tuesday.
Confirmed cases: 298,545 total, up 256 from Friday, May 28, averaging 122 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 4,560 total, up five from Friday, averaging two reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 62 confirmed and 11 suspected patients hospitalized Monday, May 31, including 14 confirmed and one suspected patient in the ICU, with 23 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 15% from a week earlier.
Tests: 3,265,639 total, up 23,696 from Friday, averaging 6,276 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 293,126 total, up 349 from Friday, averaging 129 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 1,500,253 doses, with 170,348 people partially vaccinated and another 687,237 fully vaccinated, as of Monday. The number of residents who have received at least one dose is up 22,985 in the past week.
Reopening plan tier: Orange (moderate risk level; some indoor business operations are open with modifications) based on these metrics as of Tuesday:
- New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 2.0
- Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 2.0
- Test positivity rate: 1.2% (1.1% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
- What’s next: To advance to the yellow tier where more businesses can open or expand capacity, the county would need an adjusted case rate below 2.0 and a positivity rate below 2.0% for the whole county and 2.2% in disadvantaged neighborhoods for two consecutive weeks, and to have been in the orange tier for three weeks. San Bernardino County moved to the orange tier April 6. If metrics get worse, the county could move back into the more restrictive red tier.
