Over the last seven days the average number of new coronavirus cases in San Bernardino County is 106, far below the peak in July, which saw a seven-day moving average of more than 700 almost every day, according to county data. There have been 52,471 total confirmed cases, equal to about 2.4% of the county’s 2,180,085 residents. Of those confirmed cases, about 1.7% of patients have died from complications of COVID-19.
Here in the Morongo Basin we have had 467 confirmed cases and 27 deaths: Yucca Valley with 239 cases and 21 deaths; Twentynine Palms, 87 cases and one death; Joshua Tree, at 87 cases and three deaths; Morongo Valley, 43 cases and one death; Landers, nine cases and one death; and Pioneertown, with two cases.
Here are the latest numbers, according to county and state public health officials.
San Bernardino County
- Confirmed cases: 52,471, up from 52,287 Saturday, Sept. 19
- Deaths: 908, no change from Saturday
- Hospitalizations: 167 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 169 Friday; 54 suspected patients Saturday, up from 47 Friday
- Intensive-care unit: 45 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 50 Friday; 11 suspected patients Saturday, up from 10 Friday
- People tested: 581,884, up from 575,953 Saturday
- Reopening plan tier: Purple (widespread risk level). Many non-essential indoor business operations are closed.
- New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 6.8 as of Tuesday, Sept. 15
- Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 7.4 as of Tuesday
- Test positivity rate: 6.4% as of Tuesday
What’s next: San Bernardino County is meeting one criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier (positivity rate of 8% or less) but not the other (adjusted case rate of 7.0 or less). When it has met both for two consecutive weeks, it can advance. The state updates the numbers on Tuesdays.
