Riverside County moves closer to red tier, more business reopenings
Riverside County moved closer to reopening more businesses Tuesday as its coronavirus metrics continued to improve.
The county is currently in the strictest level the purple tier of the state s four-tiered, color-coded reopening plan. But another one of its key metrics trended down this week toward the threshold of the next phase, the red tier, and enough to allow outdoor contact sports such as football and water polo to resume.
Riverside County is reporting an adjusted case rate of 11.3 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents and a positivity rate of 5.8%, according to the most recent state data. That s down from 16.6 and 7.6% last week.
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U.K. COVID-19 variant detected in Riverside County
Riverside County health officials confirmed the first local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom.
The case was reported to Riverside County health officials over the weekend, according to county Executive Office spokeswoman Brooke Federico. She did not specify the region in which the case originated, but did tell News Channel 3 that it was in the western part of Riverside County.
Federico added that there is only one confirmed case of the variant right now. It was inevitable we would see this strain in Riverside County, and in our large population we will probably see others, county Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser said. But it doesn t change the need for people to take precautions with facial coverings, social distancing and good hygiene. It works for other things and it works for this, too.
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Riverside County reported Wednesday it has received a total of 191,975 Pfizer and Moderna SARS-Cov-2 vaccine doses to date. (Shutterstock)
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA Hospitalizations connected to COVID-19 continue to trend downward in Riverside County as officials reported the death toll from the virus rose above 3,000 Wednesday.
Total virus-related fatalities stood at 3,003, according to Riverside University Health System data, although the deaths are trailing indicators due to delays processing death certificates that typically cover three-to four-week periods.
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations countywide was at 1,238, down 27 from Tuesday, the RUHS data showed. The figure includes 315 patients being treated in intensive-care unit beds, down four from the day before.
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