San Bernardino County reported 11 coronavirus deaths and 397 new cases Wednesday (June 24) as public health officials say a backlog of cases is behind recent increases. In the county, 245 people have died from COVID-19, and 10,407 have tested positive so far. The jump in cases has increased the county’s percentage of tests that come back positive, one of the numbers being monitored by the state.
Here in the Morongo Basin, the number of confirmed cases ticked up to 72, with Yucca Valley reporting 35, Joshua Tree has 18, Twentynine Palms at 12, and Morongo Valley with seven. The state requires counties to have an average positivity rate of 8 percent or lower over a seven-day period. Monday the county’s positivity rate was 8.7 percent; 9.1 percent of the 114,640 people tested for the disease were positive. Testing was up with an additional 3,050 people getting tested.
Positive Cases
Adelanto 147
Apple Valley 140
Barstow 41
Big Bear City 4
Big Bear Lake 7
Bloomington 171
Chino 1,268
Chino Hills 203
Colton 442
Crestline 19
Fontana 1,164
Fort Irwin 2
Grand Terrace 47
Hesperia 279
Highland 311
Joshua Tree 18
Loma Linda 115
Mentone 48
Montclair 236
Morongo Valley 7
Needles 4
Oak Hills 39
Ontario 976
Phelan 39
Rancho Cucamonga 459
Redlands 439
Rialto 586
Rimforest 1
Running Springs 6
San Bernardino 1,743
Twentynine Palms 12
Upland 264
Victorville 447
Wrightwood 2
Yucaipa 296
Yucca Valley 35
Undetermined 390
Grand Total 10,407
