San Bernardino County reported the total deaths since the beginning of the pandemic jumped past 1,000 on Sunday (Oct. 18.) The seven-day average of new reported deaths as of Friday had been less than one per day, but bigger numbers this weekend pushed it up to an average of five deaths per day on Sunday. Three days in the previous week saw no new deaths reported. County spokesman David Wert said the death numbers are “far from real time” because it usually takes from three days to more than a week for a death to show up in coronavirus data. According to county data, at the peak on July 25, the county had been reporting a seven-day average of 17.3 new deaths per day. Here in the Morongo Basin we have had 493 confirmed cases and 30 deaths; that’s a 6.0% mortality rate.
Here are the latest numbers for San Bernardino County
Confirmed cases: 59,696 total, up 94 from Saturday, averaging 246 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 1,021 total, up 23 from Saturday, averaging 5.0 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 265 confirmed and 45 suspected patients hospitalized Saturday, including 39 confirmed and 9 suspected patients in the ICU, with 24 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 38.0% from a week earlier.
People tested: 721,732 total, up 8,484 from Saturday, averaging 5,157 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 56,934 total, up 283 from Saturday, averaging 264 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 Tuesday:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 9.6
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 10.3
Test positivity rate: 6.5% (8.7% in socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods)
What’s next: San Bernardino County is not meeting the criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier. When it has met them for two consecutive weeks, it can advance. The state updates numbers and tiers on Tuesdays.
