With seven days left until the end of the month, San Bernardino County reported more new coronavirus cases than in any month since the pandemic started. Since Nov. 1, the county has reported 20,224 new COVID-19 cases. Saturday (Nov. 21), the county set a new, one-day, record with 2,873 new cases. The county is averaging more than 1,400 new cases per day over the past week. San Bernardino County is averaging more than 12,000 new test results per day over the past week — another all-time high. But the percentage of tests coming back positive keeps climbing as well. In other words, more testing alone doesn’t explain the surge in new cases. Also, the county surpassed 1 million test results Saturday. COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive-care cases have both doubled since Nov. 3, state hospital data show.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers, according to county and state officials.
Confirmed cases: 85,176 total, up 3,848 from Friday, Nov. 20, averaging 1,464 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 1,129 total, up 4 from Friday, averaging 4.4 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 527 confirmed and 53 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 137 confirmed and 9 suspected patients in the ICU, with 24 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 39.4% from a week earlier.
People tested: 1,033,037 total, up 42,799 from Friday, averaging 12,899 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 75,158 total, up 3,337 from Friday, averaging 855 per day in the past week
Reopening plan tier: Purple (widespread risk level, many non-essential indoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Monday, Nov. 16:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 27.6
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 27.0
Test positivity rate: 10.5% (9.3% in socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods)
What’s next: San Bernardino County is not meeting the criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier
