San Bernardino County coronavirus hospitalizations have reached the lowest level since the first day of pandemic recordkeeping. State data show that 61 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, were being treated Sunday, May 9. For the fifth consecutive day, there were fewer than 70 coronavirus patients in area hospitals. Hospitalizations have remained below 100 for nearly one month. By comparison, the number of patients with confirmed cases peaked at 1,785 in early January during the holiday-season surge.
Here are the latest San Bernardino County numbers as of Monday.
Confirmed cases: 296,655 total, up 230 from Friday, May 7, averaging 73 reported per day in the past week
Deaths: 4,494 total, up 28 from Friday, averaging 10 reported per day in the past week
Hospital survey: 61 confirmed and nine suspected patients hospitalized Sunday, including 21 confirmed and three suspected patients in the ICU, with 23 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 26 percent from a week earlier.
Tests: 2,997,649 total, up 22,200 from Friday, averaging 6,538 reported per day in the past week
Resolved cases (estimated): 291,122 total, up 141 from Friday, averaging 66 per day in the past week
Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 1,289,735 doses, with 199,023 people partially vaccinated and another 565,015 fully vaccinated, as of Saturday. The number of residents who have received at least one dose is up 28,035 in the past week. More recent numbers were not available.
Reopening plan tier: Orange (moderate risk level; some indoor business operations are open with modifications) based on these metrics as of Tuesday, May 4:
New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 3.0
Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 3.0
Test positivity rate: 1.7 percent (1.8 percent in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)
What is 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 percent for the whole county and 2.2 percent 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.
