San Bernardino County has twice as many COVID-19 patients in intensive care as it had a month ago, and 150% of the hospitalizations for COVID-19 that it had one month ago. As of Sunday (Dec. 27), 1,655 people were in a county hospital with confirmed COVID-19, including 343 in intensive care. The number in intensive care has risen 30% in the past 14 days, and intensive care capacity in Southern California remains officially at 0%. In San Bernardino County, 52.9% of hospital beds and 54.8% of ICU beds are occupied by a COVID-19 patient, according to the county’s dashboard.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers, according to county and state public health officials:
Confirmed cases: 184,954 total, up 10,863 from Thursday, Dec. 24, averaging 3,001 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 1,437 total, up 17 from Thursday, averaging 8.9 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 1,655 confirmed and 72 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 343 confirmed and five suspected patients in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 7.1% from a week earlier.
People tested: 1,627,179 total, up 76,449 from Friday, Dec. 25, averaging 18,967 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 161,196 total, up 15,920 from Friday, averaging 3,837 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: 149.4
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 74.7
Test positivity rate: 22.5% (26.5% 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.
