Three organizations, including the ACLU, have filed a federal complaint accusing Riverside County of misusing millions of dollars meant for COVID relief allocated to the Sheriff’s Department In the complaint addressed to the Department of Treasury, the ACLU accuses the Sheriff’s Dept. of misusing millions in COVID relief, including $2.7 million for furniture and other
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Riverside County reported an increase of over 1,000 new coronavirus cases and recoveries over the past 48 hours. The county did not report cases, recoveries, and deaths on Wednesday due to an issue obtaining data, however, that issue has been solved. There were 1,086 new cases reported in Riverside County since Tuesday, bringing the number
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Riverside County Public Health officials Wednesday recommend people wear masks indoors, even for those who are vaccinated. The same announcement came earlier Wednesday from the California Dept. of Public Health, and Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control. The city of Palm Springs was quick to follow in recommending universal indoor masking as well. As
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Riverside County health officials said in their board of supervisors meeting on July 27 that there has been a ‘five-fold’ increase in positivity and case rates in the last two months: The case rate is 10.7 per 100,000 comparing it to a low of 1.5 per 100,000 earlier in JuneOverall positivity rate is 6.5% compared
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Coachella Valley’s coronavirus data was updated for this week, showing a slight increase from the average number of cases reported over the past month. There were 370 new cases reported in the Coachella Valley since last Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases up to 51,481. City Case Total This Week for Valley Cities:
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s public health agency is recommending that people wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, as protection against the contagious delta variant. Wednesday’s announcement follows an about-face by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated people mask up in public indoor settings in areas
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Following in the footsteps of the University of California, the California State University system announced today it will also require all students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take part in any in-person classes or activities for the fall term. The CSU had previously announced plans to require vaccinations, but only after the
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The Desert Healthcare District is set to call on employers and schools require vaccines, masks, and other safety precautions amid rising cases in the valley. Desert Healthcare District CEO Conrado E. Bárzaga, MD presented the recommendations during Tuesday’s board meeting. “I believe we have a moral obligation, we have an ethical obligation, to raise our
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Riverside County board of supervisors decided to not reinstate a mask mandate after being updated on coronavirus case numbers county and state wide. “I’m not declaring at all that we should go towards mandating a mask. However, I just want us to be aware of what’s happening at this time,” said supervisor Manuel Perez. Just
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Riverside County reported one of its largest day-to-day increases since mid-February. On Tuesday, the county reported 1,247 new cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of COVID cases in the county to 306,836. Dr. Geoffrey Leung, the county’s public health officer, said during Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting that the cases
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In a media phone call Tuesday CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that it was a difficult decision to recommend masks for vaccinated individuals in areas of high transmission. Walensky said the decision was made based on new science and data received in recent days regarding the delta variant. This data shows that in rare
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Riverside County health officials are sharing a COVID-19 update at the start of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.Watch the meeting live in the player below. “When we talk about the masks and we talk about the vaccines, I want to make it very clear,” Supervisor Karen Spiegel said, “There is no mandate for masks and
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All state employees and all workers at hospitals and health care facilities across California will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination under a state policy announced today, and those who are unable or refuse to do so will have to be tested at least once a week. The vaccine-verification program for the state’s
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New projections show that we could see another major wave of coronavirus cases in the months ahead. The Chief Medical Officer at Eisenhower Health, Dr. Alan Williamson, calls it “very disturbing” but tells News Channel 3 there is still a chance to change it. It’s an upward curve that’s concerning health officials. The estimates show
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For the second week in a row, Riverside County reported a 50 percent increase in COVID patients admitted into the intensive care unit. The county reported 15 patients admitted into the ICU since Friday, bringing the total up to 47. That’s the most patients in the ICU since March 15, 2021. There was also a
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who mocked COVID-19 vaccinations died this week at a Los Angeles-area hospital after contracting the virus. Stephen Harmon was 34. Harmon died on Wednesday at Corona Regional Medical Center, about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles. Stephen Harmon posted photos of himself in his hospital bed, wrote that
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Riverside County reported 452 new cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of COVID cases in the county to 305,195. The county reported 1 COVID death over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 4,658. The number of recoveries in Riverside County increased by 257, bringing the total up to
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Coronavirus cases are on the rise nationwide and so are concerns about the effectiveness of current vaccines. According to a new medical study reported in the New York Times, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is “much less effective against the Delta and Lambda variants than against the original virus.” Dr. Alan Williamson at Eisenhower Health
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Riverside County health officials have reversed course on their decision to post coronavirus update weekly. The county will once again be posting coronavirus date updates every day starting Thursday. “The move from weekly to the daily updates (except for weekends) will give the public a better sense of where the data is trending,” reads a
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Riverside County released its weekly COVID-19 report on Wednesday, showing big increases in hospitalizations and patients admitted into the ICU. The county added more than 98% of all new COVID cases reported since February, have been among those unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. “The vaccine is the best protection you’re going to have against the virus
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