Riverside County surpasses 6,000 COVID-19 deaths

COVID Deaths

Riverside County reached a milestone in COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The county reported 50 new deaths over the past 24 hours. County officials said this large increase was due to a backlog in data from the state.

There is now a total of 6,007 COVID-19 death in Riverside County.

Kim Saruwatari, the county's public health director, posted a video to acknowledge the sad milestone of COVID-19 deaths.

"Just to give you perspective. 6,000 deaths, that's more than the entire city of Indian Wells in the Coachella Valley," Saruwatari said. "

According to the census, Indian Wells has a population of 4,757 residents.

COVID19 milestone Feb. 8, 2022 from RUHS Public Health on Vimeo.

In the past two years, the county has seen deaths ranging from a one-year-old toddler to a 104-year-old. The majority of deaths have occurred within the 64-64 age range.

According to county data, January 2022 was the month with the third-highest amount of COVID-19 deaths over the past year.

From Feb. 2021 to Dec 31, 2021, over 90% of COVID-19 deaths were among unvaccinated individuals. That was 2,938 deaths in the 11 month period.

CASES & RECOVERIES

Riverside County reported a huge jump in cases over the past 24 hours. County officials said this was due to a "significant backlog in data from the state."

Since Monday's report, the county has 110,654 new cases and 113,421 recoveries. The county has a total of 575,152 cases & 515,575 recoveries.

The large increase in cases and other figures reported today was due to a significant backlog of data from the state that occurred during the omicron surge.

— Jose Arballo (@rivcohealthpio) February 8, 2022

The Coachella Valley reported 2,044 new cases and 16 deaths since last Monday. The valley has a total of 73,610 total cases and 1,165 death 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 614 cases, down by 383 cases since Friday.

• DSUSD has reported 239 cases (199 students and 40 staff)
  • 2/4: 350 cases (290 students and 60 staff)
  • 2/3: 438 cases (373 students and 65 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)
• PSUSD has reported 201 cases (182 students and 19 staff)
  • 2/4 346 cases (317 students and 29 staff)
  • 2/3: 346 cases (317 students and 29 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)
• CVUSD reported 174 cases (141 students and 33 staff)
  • 2/4: 301 cases (249 students and 52 staff)
  • 2/3: 355 cases (293 students and 62 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)

Hospitalizations

Riverside County's COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to drop.

Since Monday's report, the county has 22 fewer patients in the hospital with COVID-19. The county now has a total of 664 COVID hospitalizations. It's the lowest amount of patients since Jan. 4, 2022.

The downward trend of hospitalizations really started to kick off a week-and-a-half ago. Since Jan. 26, the county has reported 388 fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations.

COVID Hospitalizations in the past month-and-a-half:

• Feb. 8 - 664
• Feb. 7 - 686
• Feb. 4 - 832
• Feb. 3 - 855
• Feb. 2 - 910
• Feb. 1 - 911
• Jan. 26 - 1,074
• Jan. 19 - 1,109
• Jan. 18 - 1,087
• Jan. 7 - 791
• Dec. 30 - 432
• Dec. 1 - 238

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The ICU numbers in the county are also trending down.

Since Wednesday, the county reported 6 fewer patients admitted into the ICU due to COVID-19. The county now has a total of 116 ICU patients.

The latest report from Eisenhower Health shows that COVID hospitalizations are decreasing over the past couple of days.

Case & Positivity Rate

The county's case and positivity rate continued to fall.

Case Rate:

• Feb. 8 - 102.2
• Feb. 7 - 107.1
• Feb. 4 - 155.9
• Feb. 3 - 174.6
• Feb. 2 - 174.6
• Feb. 1 - 183.1
• Jan. 31 - 188.5
• Jan. 28 - 210.2
• Jan. 21 - 259.1

Positivity Rate:

• Feb. 8 - 22.6%
• Feb. 7 - 23.1%
• Feb. 4 - 27.9%
• Feb. 3 - 29.0%
• Feb. 2 - 29.0%
• Feb. 1 - 30.1%
• Jan. 31 - 30.5%
• Jan. 28 - 32%
• Jan. 21 - 34.3%
• 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 late last month that the number seems to be plateauing and the hope is the peak will end by late January into early February.

As of Feb. 2, there are at least 692 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

60.4% (or 1,407,490 residents ages +5) of eligible Riverside County residents are fully vaccinated, according to county data.

Check Out: RIVERSIDE COUNTY CDP/CITY WEEKLY VACCINE REPORT

3,867,328 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 02/07/22)

· Bermuda Dunes
Confirmed Cases: 1,156
Deaths: 13
Recovered: 1,001

· Cabazon
Confirmed Cases: 479
Deaths: 7
Recovered: 433
(Note: Does not count towards the valley's total)


· Cathedral City
Confirmed Cases: 9,987
Deaths: 140
Recoveries: 8,899

· Coachella
Confirmed Cases: 10,090
Deaths: 116
Recovered: 8,944

· Desert Edge
Confirmed Cases: 510
Deaths: 19
Recovered: 431

· Desert Hot Springs
Confirmed Cases: 6,186
Deaths: 92
Recovered: 5,508

· Desert Palms
Confirmed Cases: 496
Deaths: 29
Recovered: 355

· Garnet
Confirmed Cases: 1,227
Deaths: 22
Recovered: 1,104

· Indian Wells
Confirmed Cases: 377
Deaths: 8
Recovered: 298

· Indio
Confirmed Cases: 17,669
Deaths: 264
Recoveries: 15,514

· La Quinta
Confirmed Cases: 5,870
Deaths: 79
Recovered: 4,929

· Mecca
Confirmed Cases: 1,495
Deaths: 21
Recovered: 1,249

· North Shore
Confirmed Cases: 518
Deaths: 1
Recovered: 417

· Oasis
Confirmed Cases: 1,177
Deaths: 8
Recovered: 998

· Palm Desert
Confirmed Cases: 6,790
Deaths: 142
Recovered: 5,604

· Palm Springs
Confirmed Cases: 5,973
Deaths: 145
Recovered: 5,129

· Rancho Mirage
Confirmed Cases: 1,899
Deaths: 56
Recovered: 1,551

· Sky Valley
Confirmed Cases: 366
Deaths: 7
Recovered: 308

· Thermal
Confirmed Cases: 610
Deaths: 10
Recovered: 529

· Thousand Palms
Confirmed Cases: 1,483
Deaths: 10
Recovered: 1,306

· County Jails
There are 1,418 cases in the County's jails, with 3 deaths, and 1,337 recoveries

· State Jails
There are 5,710 cases in the County's jails, with 8 deaths, and 5,534 recoveries.

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