The number of confirmed cases of new coronaviruses in San Bernardino County increased by 4 percent on Friday, Thursday, from 13,152 to 13,676, according to county data.
Four more deaths were reported Friday, bringing the county’s total to 269. The death rate is 2 percent, according to county data.
A recent surge in new coronavirus cases after the reopening of many companies last month forced California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, July 1 to order 19 Southern California counties to suspend indoor operations at restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms for the next three weeks. . Those counties include San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles.
Friday’s numbers also showed that 151,269 people in San Bernardino County have been screened for the new coronavirus, a 1.7 percent increase since Thursday, while 7,800 people have recovered, an increase of more than 4 percent over Thursday’s total of 7,461.
Fontana, Ontario and San Bernardino have led the charge in conducting the majority of tests to date, with 15,878 people tested in Fontana, 11,754 in Ontario and 18,216 in San Bernardino, according to county data.
The number of COVID-19 positive patients occupying beds in the hospital’s ICU on Friday was 151, 6.3 percent more than the previous day. Beds available in the ICU were at 95 on Friday, a decrease of more than 20 percent from the previous day, when there were 120 beds available.
The increase in coronavirus hospitalizations and the decrease in the number of beds available has forced county hospital officials to consider using three temporary hospital sites if the trend continues.
According to county data, the life-time doubling time for the virus, the time it takes for the virus to replicate in the community, is 19.6 days.
