Another 432 people have been confirmed to have coronavirus, according to San Bernardino County data released Sunday (Aug. 23) No new deaths were reported.
The county estimates another 322 patients have recovered from COVID-19. Here in the Morongo Basin we have had 10 deaths and 278 confirmed cases: Yucca Valley with 192 cases and six deaths; Joshua Tree 59 cases and two deaths; Twentynine Palms, 43 cases and one death; Landers, four cases and one death; Morongo Valley with 18 cases; and Pioneertown with one case.
Convenient, free testing is still available every weekday from 10 to 3 at Copper Mountain College.
Here’s a look at the updated numbers, according to county and state public health officials.
Cases: 45,035, up from 44,603 Saturday, Aug. 22
Deaths: 691, the same as Saturday
Hospitalizations: 351 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 365 Friday; suspected patients: 68 Saturday, down from 81 Friday
Intensive-care unit patients: 109 confirmed patients Saturday, down from 117 Friday; suspected patients: 9 Saturday, down from 10 Friday
People tested: 340,124, up from 338,314 Saturday
Recoveries (estimated): 36,474, up from 36,152 Saturday
