Latest California Covid-19 Numbers

California has tested 9,933,780 of its 40 million people for the Covid-19 virus, since March 2020.  That’s 24.83% of the population.

 

30,066,220 people still need to be tested in California. At the current rate of testing, it will take the State 224 days to test all California residents.

 

6.32% of the people tested for Covid-19 in California have tested positive. That’s 628,031 people.

 

93.67% of the people tested for Covid-19 in California have tested negative.  That’s 9,305,749 people.

 

California has 11,242 deaths from Covid-19, which is 1.79% of those who have tested positive.

 

California hospitals report under 1% of the people who have tested positive are hospitalized, which is 4,975 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the hospitals. 1,589 of those patients are in ICU.  The State also reports having another 1,357 “Suspected Covid-19” patients.

 

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Riverside County has tested 462,493 people for Covid-19 since March 2020, out of a population of 2.5 million.  That’s 18.49% of the County’s population. 81.50% of the population has not been tested for Covid-19

 

2,037,507 people still need to be tested in the county.

 

10.26% of the people tested for Covid-19 have tested positive. That’s 47,490 people.

 

89.73% of the people tested for Covid-19 in Riverside County have tested negative.  That’s 415,003 people.

 

Of the 47,490 people who have tested positive in Riverside County,

52.49% of them, 24,931, have fully recovered.

44.95% of them, 21,351 are at home recovering and are not getting any medical assistance.

Together, that’s 97.44% of all the positive cases.

 

Well Under 1%, 6/10ths of 1%, of the people who have tested positive so far in Riverside County, 296 people, remain hospitalized, and 90 of them are in Intensive Care.

 

1.92% of the people who have tested positive so far in Riverside County, 912 people, have died from Covid-19. 285 of those deaths have been in the Coachella Valley, which is 31.25% of the County’s total. 257deaths in cities, 28 deaths in unincorporated areas…8 in Mecca,  1 in Vista Santa Rosa, 3 in Bermuda Dunes, 5 in Garnet, 2 in Desert Palms, 4 in Desert Edge, 3 in Oasis, 1 in Sky Valley and 1 in North Shore.

 

12,471 positive cases have been recorded in the Coachella Valley since March 8th 2020, when the testing and counting began. The Coachella Valley has accounted for 26.26% of the positive cases in Riverside County.

 

1,640 cases are in unincorporated areas of the desert;

(Mecca 387 cases, Thermal 152 cases, Oasis 291,  North Shore 112 cases, Bermuda Dunes 114 cases, Thousand Palms 190 cases, Vista Santa Rosa 72 cases, Garnet 194 cases, Desert Palms 42 cases, Desert Edge 48 cases, and Sky Valley 38 cases)

 

10,831 cases are in cities in the desert:

 

912 cases in Palm Springs, 41 dead

217 cases in Rancho Mirage, 19 dead

891 cases in Palm Desert, 47 dead

1,675 cases in Cathedral City, 27 dead

2,275 cases in Coachella,  21 dead

3,172 cases in Indio, 64 dead

686 cases in La Quinta, 16 dead

961 cases in Desert Hot Springs, 20 dead

42 in Indian Wells, 2 deaths

20 cases in Idyllwild/Pine Cove, 1 death

44 cases in Cabazon, 1 dead

 

In Riverside County:

 

There are no deaths from Covid-19 for anyone from newborn to age 17.

4 deaths among people aged 18-24.

39 deaths among people aged 25-44

234 deaths among people aged 45-64

440 deaths among people aged 64-84

195 deaths among people aged 85 and up.

 

 

Riverside County has 2,923 cases in nursing homes, with 1,811 cases among patients, and 1,112 cases among staff. The overwhelming majority of nursing home cases, 856 cases, are in the City of Riverside.

In Coachella Valley nursing facilities, there have been 190 cases in Palm Desert, 130 in Palm Springs, 59 in Rancho Mirage, 54 in Indio, 50 in La Quinta,

 

Riverside County is no longer providing capacity statistics for the hospitals in the county.

 

The federal temporary hospitals built at the County Fairgrounds in Indio and the old Sears Store in Riverside months ago, are still equipped and ready to be used.   They are not currently being used because they are not needed at this time.   They are not staffed right now because there are no patients there.

 

If they are needed, they can quickly be staffed and put into operation.

 

All testing is free to the patient being tested. Be patient, you might have to wait a while to get an appointment.

Drive-thru testing is available by appointment only at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio from 9 a-m to 3 p-m Tuesday through Saturday, by appt only. You can also get tested at the Cathedral City Library on Date Palm Drive. Go online to www.rivcoph.org/coronavirus/testing to make an appointment or call 800-945-6171 to make an appointment, and you no longer need to have symptoms to schedule a test.

 

Go online to www.lhi.care/covidtesting or call 888-634-1123 to make an appointment to get tested at the Lozano Community Center in Desert Hot Springs or at Bagdouma Park Community Center on Douma Street in Coachella

Or call 760-992-0407 to get tested at the Desert Aids Project in Palm Springs. Or go to www.desertaidsproject.org

To get a test through Borrego Health, call 833-624-1097 to make an appointment in Coachella.  Or www.borregohealth.org for a complete listing of Borrego Health test sites in the desert.

 

To get tested at a CVS drug store in the Coachella Valley, make an appt at www.cvs.com/minuteclinic. Testing available at the following CVS Stores in the desert.

 

— 82-270 Highway 111, Indio

— 425 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs

— 84010 Avenue 50, Coachella

— 42150 A Jackson St., Indio

— 44075 Jefferson St., La Quinta

 

 

If you have any questions about Covid-19, call Eisenhower Health Covid-19 Hotline at 760-TEST-988.

 

It is staffed by registered nurses 24/7 to answer Covid-19 questions.

 

The Riverside County General Information Covid-19 line is 2-1-1.

 

California information www.covid19.ca.gov

 

Federal information www.cdc.gov

 

Rite Aid is expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity across California too.

 

Testing will be available by appointment for people 18 years of age or older, regardless of whether the person is experiencing symptoms, according to Rite Aid. Results are expected in three to five days, a company spokesperson said.

 

The Riverside County locations providing testing:

 

— 910 W. Ontario Ave., Corona;

— 1688 N. Perris Blvd., Perris;

— 16491 Lakeshore Drive, Lake Elsinore;

— 8015 Limonite Ave., Riverside;

— 616 E. Hobson Way, Blythe;

— 260 N. Sanderson Ave., Hemet;

— 12900 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs;

— 806 Ramsey St., Banning;

— 1180 N. State St., San Jacinto;

— 894 Oak Valley Parkway, Suite B, Beaumont;

— 42021 E. Florida Ave., Hemet;

— 51101 Cesar Chavez St., Coachella;

— 47985 Monroe St., Building A, Indio; 

— 1660 E. First St., Beaumont.

 

The sites will utilize self-swab nasal tests overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists and will operate weekdays from 10 a.m to 8 p.m., and weekends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Patients must provide government-issued ID, be at least 18 and pre-register online at www.riteaid.com to schedule an appointment.

 

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