The number of coronavirus patients in San Bernardino County hospitals, while well below surge levels, has settled on a plateau near 70 over the past few weeks. The last time there were more than 80 people in county hospitals was May 3, data show. By comparison, the number of confirmed patients peaked at 1,785 in early January.
Here are the latest numbers San Bernardino County as of Monday, May 24:
Confirmed cases: 297,615 total, up 136 from Friday, averaging 51 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 4,545 total, up 20 from Friday, averaging four reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 71 confirmed and seven suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 19 confirmed and 1 suspected patients in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 1.4% from a week earlier.
Tests: 3,218,139 total, up 22,481 from Friday
Resolved cases (estimate): 292,160 total, up 185 from Friday, averaging 50 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 1,449,516 doses, with 170,460 people partially vaccinated and another 660,952 fully vaccinated, as of Sunday.
Reopening plan tier: Orange (moderate risk level; some indoor business operations are open with modifications) based on these metrics as of Tuesday, May 18:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 2.7
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 2.7
Test positivity rate: 1.4% (1.6% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
What’s next: To advance to the yellow tier where more businesses can open or expand capacity, the county would need an adjusted case rate below 2.0 and a positivity rate below 2.0% for the whole county and 2.2% in disadvantaged neighborhoods for two consecutive weeks, and to have been in the orange tier for three weeks. San Bernardino County moved to the orange tier April 6. If metrics get worse, the county could move back into the more restrictive red tier.
