A one-day record 10,048 new coronavirus cases were reported in San Bernardino County Tuesday (January 5) as public health officials brace for the latest post-holiday surge of positive test results.
The adjusted case rate rose to 90.5 new cases per day per 100,000 residents. State data shows a slight week-over-week decrease in test-positivity rate in San Bernardino County. Close to 1 in 4 tested in the week ending December 26 were infected. San Bernardino County health officials reported 1,763 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Monday, January 4, with 346 in intensive care units. The county-run hospital, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, has 5% of its ICU capacity remaining.
Every hospital in the county has now activated surge plans to cope with the crush of patients.
Here in the Morongo Basin, there are a total of 1,732 confirmed cases and 32 deaths; Yucca Valley with 842 cases and 24 deaths; Twentynine Palms 530 cases and two deaths; Joshua Tree 206 cases and four deaths; Morongo Valley 123 cases and one death; Landers three cases and one death; and Pioneertown with six cases.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers.
Confirmed cases: 213,357 total, up 10,048 from Monday, averaging 3,181 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 1,450 total, up one from Monday, averaging 1.7 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 1,763 confirmed and 93 suspected patients hospitalized Monday, including 346 confirmed and five suspected patients in the ICU, with 24 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 1.4% from a week earlier.
People tested: 1,750,772 total, up 15,531 from Monday, averaging 16,321 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 190,129 total, up 1,693 from Monday, averaging 2,876 per day in the past week
Metrics tracked by the state:
ICU availability: 0.0% across Southern California
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 122.8
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 90.5
Test positivity rate: 22.1% (25.4% in socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods)
What that means: Southern California is under a stay-home order because of the low ICU availability. When that is lifted, San Bernardino County will return to a color-coded tier with restrictions based on the other metrics.
