Riverside County COVID Hospitalizations Continue Trending Up

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The number of people hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in Riverside County rose by more than a dozen in the last week, but fewer patients were under intensive care, the Riverside University Health System said Friday.

A comparison of data over the last seven days showed COVID-19 hospitalizations countywide increased from 133 to 149, with nine patients in the ICU, compared to 12 a week ago.

One month ago, 100 people were hospitalized throughout the county with a COVID infection, 11 of whom were ICU patients. The ICU patient count has generally remained just above or below 10 since the end of March, according to data.

County Department of Public Health figures showed that, among those hospitalized with a COVID diagnosis in June, one in three patients had been fully vaccinated with a SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic.

The figures were the same for the month of May.

Officials said that the aggregate number of COVID cases recorded since the public health documentation period began in March 2020 is 638,616.

RUHS said that in the last 27 months, a total 6,561 deaths from virus-related complications have been recorded. The figure published a week ago was 6,549.

The number of known active virus cases in the county, based on available data, is 6,845, compared to 4,823 a week ago. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current total — 638,616 — according to the county Executive Office. Verified patient recoveries countywide are now 625,210.