The number of new coronavirus cases being reported daily in San Bernardino County appears to be plateauing. The county reported 138 more cases Wednesday (March 24) and 54 more deaths. (The number of deaths recorded in the past day includes people who died weeks or months ago, because of delays in the county’s reporting process.) The number of cases per day has hovered between 120 to 150 for the past two weeks, while the number of hospitalizations has gone up slightly over the past few days and is at 165 as of Tuesday. However, the number of confirmed patients in hospitals is overall lower, 11%, than it was a week ago. By contrast, in late December, more than 5,000 cases were being reported each day.
Over 575,300 vaccines have been administered to residents, the county reported Wednesday.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers as of Wednesday.
Confirmed cases: 290,030 total, up 138 from Tuesday, averaging 139 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 3,758 total, up 54 from Tuesday, averaging 25.3 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 165 confirmed and 21 suspected patients hospitalized Tuesday, including 37 confirmed and one suspected patient in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 11.3% from a week earlier.
Tests: 2,652,889 total, up 3,311 from Tuesday, averaging 7,304 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimate): 284,993 total, up 116 from Tuesday, averaging 128 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 575,363 vaccine doses, with 206,566 people fully vaccinated, as of Saturday
Reopening plan tier: Red (substantial risk level; some nonessential indoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Tuesday:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 4.0
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 4.0
Test positivity rate: 2.3% (2.6% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
What is 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.
