Riverside County reports 2,297 new cases, 42 deaths, & & 8 more patients in the ICU since Monday
Hospitalizations
Riverside County's COVID-19 hospitalizations remained the same since Monday. The county has a total of 991 COVID hospitalizations.
Between Monday and Friday, the county reported 93 fewer patients in the hospital with COVID-19. It's continuing a downward trend. From Wednesday to Friday last week, the county reported 70 fewer hospitalizations.
COVID Hospitalizations in the past month-and-a-half:
- Feb. 1 - 911
- Jan. 31 - 911
- Jan. 28 - 1,004
- Jan. 27 - 1,039
- Jan. 26 - 1,074
- Jan. 20 - 1,076
- Jan. 19 - 1,109
- Jan. 18 - 1,087
- Jan. 7 - 791
- Dec. 30 - 432
- Dec. 1 - 238
The county reported 8 additional patients admitted into the ICU due to COVID since Monday. This brings the total of ICU patients to 171.
Between Friday and Monday, the county had reported 8 fewer patients in the ICU.
The latest report from Eisenhower Health shows that COVID hospitalizations are decreasing over the past couple of days.
Cases & Deaths
Since Friday, the county has reported 2,297 new cases and 42 deaths. The county has a total of 453,564 cases & 5,910 deaths.
The Coachella Valley has a total of 71,566 cases and 1,149 deaths. The local data is updated every Monday.
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As far as local schools, the three school districts in the Coachella Valley today reported a combined total of 1,106 cases, down by 215 since Monday.
DSUSD and PSUSD continued to report decreases in cases, however, CVUSD did report a slight increase.
- DSUSD has reported 484 cases (399 students & 85 staff)
- 1/31: 491 cases (406 students and 85 staff)
- 1/28: 738 (609 students and 129 staff)
- 1/27: 774 cases (642 students and 132 staff)
- 1/26: 793 cases (654 students & 139 staff)
- 1/24: 739 cases (597 students and 142 staff)
- PSUSD has reported 334 cases (293 students and 41 staff)
- 1/31: 553 cases (498 students and 55 staff)
- 1/28: 576 cases (497 studens and 79 staff)
- 1/27: 586 cases (501 students and 85 staff)
- 1/26: 587 cases (501 students and 86 staff)
- 1/25: 705 cases (568 students & 137 staff)
- 1/24: 634 cases (500 students and 134 staff)
- CVUSD reported cases 288 (227 students and 61 staff)
- 1/31: 277 (219 students and 58 staff)
- 1/28: 348 case (272 students and 76 staff)
- 1/27: 324 cases (260 students and 64 staff)
- 1/26: 261 cases (213 students & 48 staff)
- 1/25: 204 cases (134 students & 70 staff)
- 1/24: 162 cases (129 students and 33 staff)
Case & Positivity Rate
The county's case rate continued to fall. On Monday, the rate fell below 200 per 100K residents for the first time since Jan. 13.
Case Rate:
- Feb. 1 - 183.1
- Jan. 31 - 188.5
- Jan. 28 - 210.2
- Jan. 27 - 218.1
- Jan. 26 - 225.9
- Jan. 25 - 249.2
- Jan. 21 - 259.1
The county's positivity rate continued to drop as well.
Positivity Rate:
- Feb. 1 - 30.1%
- Jan. 31 - 30.5%
- Jan. 28 - 32%
- Jan. 27 - 32.7%
- Jan. 21 - 34.3%
- Jan. 20 - 35%
- Jan. 19 - 35.4%
Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage's percent positivity rate continues to fall. The hospital's chart shows a sharp decline in the positivity rate at the local hospital in the past couple of days.
Hospital officials told News Channel 3 last week that the number seems to be plateauing and the hope is the peak will end by late January into early February.
As of Jan. 31, there are at least 594 known cases of the Omicron variant in Riverside County. The first was detected in a resident of the west end of the county early last month.
Vaccination Data
60% (or 1,398,161 residents ages +5) of eligible Riverside County residents are fully vaccinated, according to county data.
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3,826,865 vaccine doses have been administered so far.
COVID vaccine clinics are open across Riverside County for all residents 5 and older. You can schedule an appointment at: https://www.rivcoph.org/COVID-19-Vaccine.
Seniors who need assistance can dial 2-1-1. Those who register must show proof of age/employment at the time of appointment. Residents under 18 must have a parent or guardian with them when arriving at their vaccine appointment.
Cases in Coachella Valley Cities and Communities (As of 01/31/22)
· Bermuda Dunes
Confirmed Cases: 1,116
Deaths: 13
Recovered: 1,000
· Cabazon
Confirmed Cases: 476
Deaths: 7
Recovered: 432
(Note: Does not count towards the valley's total)
· Cathedral City
Confirmed Cases: 9,746
Deaths: 140
Recoveries: 8,891
· Coachella
Confirmed Cases: 9,864
Deaths: 112
Recovered: 8,941
· Desert Edge
Confirmed Cases: 500
Deaths: 19
Recovered: 430
· Desert Hot Springs
Confirmed Cases: 6,028
Deaths: 90
Recovered: 5,503
· Desert Palms
Confirmed Cases: 479
Deaths: 28
Recovered: 353
· Garnet
Confirmed Cases: 1,200
Deaths: 22
Recovered: 1,102
· Indian Wells
Confirmed Cases: 364
Deaths: 8
Recovered: 295
· Indio
Confirmed Cases: 17,239
Deaths: 261
Recoveries: 15,499
· La Quinta
Confirmed Cases: 5,679
Deaths: 76
Recovered: 4,922
· Mecca
Confirmed Cases: 1,441
Deaths: 21
Recovered: 1,248
· North Shore
Confirmed Cases: 493
Deaths: 1
Recovered: 417
· Oasis
Confirmed Cases: 1,135
Deaths: 8
Recovered: 995
· Palm Desert
Confirmed Cases: 6,566
Deaths: 141
Recovered: 5,585
· Palm Springs
Confirmed Cases: 5,781
Deaths: 143
Recovered: 5,114
· Rancho Mirage
Confirmed Cases: 1,835
Deaths: 56
Recovered: 1,542
· Sky Valley
Confirmed Cases: 347
Deaths: 7
Recovered: 309
· Thermal
Confirmed Cases: 594
Deaths: 10
Recovered: 529
· Thousand Palms
Confirmed Cases: 1,429
Deaths: 10
Recovered: 1,301
· County Jails
There are 1,410 cases in the County's jails, with 3 deaths, and 1,335 recoveries
· State Jails
There are 5,605 cases in the County's jails, with 8 deaths, and 5,536 recoveries.
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