San Bernardino County has reported 18 new coronavirus deaths, the highest one-day increase since the pandemic started. As of Wednesday, May 13, 138 county residents have died from COVID-19, a 15 percent increase from the day before, when there were 120 deaths, according to the county’s online dashboard.
Here in the Morongo Basin the number are unchanged with 42 confirmed cases and 3 deaths; Yucca Valley has 16 with one death; Joshua Tree with 15 and two deaths; Morongo Valley with six; and Twentynine Palms with five.
Lana Culp, public health spokeswoman said, “It’s too early for a definitive explanation for the large rise in reported deaths and more research is needed.”
In the county of more than 2.1 million residents, 33,287 people have been tested, of which 3,153, or 9.5 percent were positive. Testing was up 2.2 percent and positive cases were up 2.4 percent from Tuesday, May 12. The time it takes for the virus to double is 13 days.
CASES BY COMMUNITY
Adelanto: 40 cases, 1 death
Angelus Oaks: 0 cases, 0 deaths
Apple Valley: 41 cases, 2 deaths
Barstow: 9 cases, 2 deaths
Big Bear City: 3 cases, 0 deaths
Big Bear Lake: 6 cases, 0 deaths
Bloomington: 41 cases, 2 deaths
Blue Jay: 0 cases, 1 death
Chino: 376 cases, 6 deaths
Chino Hills: 76 cases, 2 deaths
Colton: 124 cases, 11 deaths
Crestline: 10 cases, 1 death
Fontana: 365 cases, 11 deaths
Fort Irwin: 2 cases, 0 deaths
Grand Terrace: 17 cases, 1 death
Hesperia: 78 cases, 1 death
Highland: 83 cases, 3 deaths
Joshua Tree: 15 cases, 2 deaths
Landers: 0 cases, 0 deaths
Loma Linda: 51 cases, 0 deaths
Mentone: 16 cases, 0 deaths
Montclair: 46 cases, 4 deaths
Morongo Valley: 6 cases, 0 deaths
Oak Hills: 16 cases, 0 deaths
Ontario: 257 cases, 13 deaths
Piñon Hills: 0 cases, 0 deaths
Phelan: 9 cases, 0 deaths
Rancho Cucamonga: 150 cases, 6 deaths
Redlands: 190 cases, 18 deaths
Rialto: 147 cases, 5 deaths
Rimforest: 1 case, 0 deaths
Running Springs: 5 cases, 0 deaths
San Bernardino: 402 cases, 5 deaths
Twentynine Palms: 5 cases, 0 deaths
Upland: 110 cases, 10 deaths
Victorville: 124 cases, 6 deaths
Wrightwood: 1 case, 0 deaths
Yucaipa: 188 cases, 24 deaths
Yucca Valley: 16 cases, 1 death
Undetermined: 127 cases, 0 deaths
