As Southern California went into a renewed coronavirus pandemic lockdown this weekend, San Bernardino County set multiple new records. Saturday (Dec. 5), county health officials recorded a record 3,178 new cases. The county also set the record for largest weekly increases, with the seven-day increase ending at 14,257 on Monday. San Bernardino County also saw highs for the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, as of Sunday, there were 984 people hospitalized with the coronavirus. The number of patients in the county’s intensive care units also set records over the weekend, hitting a peak of 225 Saturday and dropping to 212 Sunday. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday that the winter surge in COVID-19 cases will be the “worst event” in the nation’s history.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers, according to county and state public health officials.
Confirmed cases: 107,928 total, up 7,195 from Friday, Dec. 4, averaging 2,037 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 1,188 total, up 13 from Friday, averaging 8.4 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 984 confirmed and 76 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 212 confirmed and 6 suspected patients in the ICU, with 24 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 26% from a week earlier.
People tested: 1,220,406 total, up 58,032 from Friday, averaging 14,843 reported per day in the past week.
Resolved cases (estimate): 96,247 total, up 6,027 from Friday, averaging 1,618 per day in the past week.
Metrics tracked by the state:
ICU capacity: 14.2% across Southern California
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 46.1
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 23.0
Test positivity rate: 11.3%
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.
