San Bernardino County surpassed an important milestone on Monday (March 22), with more than 200,000 county residents having been fully vaccinated with the coronavirus vaccine. This means that these people have received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and some have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which requires a single dose. The county reported 73 new virus cases Monday, down from 163 reported Sunday, and 44 deaths were reported. The average number of cases continued to drop slightly over the past several days.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers, according to county and state public health officials.
Confirmed cases: 289,846 total, up 441 from Friday, averaging 140 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 3,692 total, up 44 from Friday, averaging 25.7 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 160 confirmed and 28 suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 39 confirmed and two suspected patients in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 16.2% from a week earlier.
Tests: 2,645,352 total, up 26,672 from Friday, averaging 7,212 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 284,795 total, up 482 from Friday, averaging 150 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 575,363 vaccine doses, with 206,566 people fully vaccinated
Reopening plan tier: Red (substantial risk level; some nonessential indoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Tuesday, March 16:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 5.2
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 5.2
Test positivity rate: 2.7% (3.0% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
What’s next: To advance to the orange tier and reopen more businesses, San Bernardino County would need an adjusted case rate below 4.0 and a positivity rate below 5.0% for the whole county and 5.3% in disadvantaged neighborhoods for two consecutive weeks, and to have been in the red tier for three weeks. If metrics get worse, it could move back into the more restrictive purple tier.
