Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, called Tuesday on the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation to allocate drought- mitigation funds to protect the Salton Sea.
The number of known active virus cases in the county, based on available data, is 7,898, compared to 12,541 a week ago. One month ago, 133 people were hospitalized throughout the county with a COVID infection, a dozen of whom were ICU patients.
All attendees at California indoor events with more than 1,000 people in attendance will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the event, according to rules announced Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health. The state previously allowed people to simply “self-attest” to being vaccinated […]
Riverside County health officials reported an 18% increase in coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday, but a state data glitch interfered with the release of additional figures. The number of patients infected with COVID-19 countywide increased by 52 on Tuesday to 340, according to the Riverside University Health System. That figure includes one additional ICU patient, for a […]
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units in Riverside County more than doubled over the last week, health officials said Wednesday. According to the Riverside University Health System, 30 ICU patients with the virus are being treated countywide, an increase of 16 from seven days ago. The total number of people hospitalized with […]
Hospitals in Riverside County continue to contend with a shortage of intensive care unit beds, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic, but total capacity in medical facilities countywide is improving daily, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. “We’re now down to 76% of licensed hospital beds occupied, compared to […]
Riverside County’s Public Health officials report almost 77 percent of the 149,079 doses of the COVID19 vaccine have been administered. The 76.9 percent is an improvement from a week ago when the county’s rate of vaccine administration was 46.8 percent c,ontinuing an upward trend that started weeks ago. “Through the county team’s hard work and […]
