Virus numbers holding steady

Vaccinations in 3-county area continue to rise

The number of vaccinations in three Southern California counties continued to rise, despite the pause in giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, data released Wednesday show.

In Riverside County, vaccinations of county residents went beyond 1.3 million, while San Bernardino County reported 606,672 residents receiving a vaccination. Los Angeles County has administered 5 million doses, with nearly 2 million residents fully vaccinated.

The pause was issued Tuesday by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention in response to six reported out-ofstate cases of a severe blood clot in people receiving the onedose vaccine out of 6.8 million doses given in the United States. San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties switched these appointments to the Pfizer and/or Moderna vaccine.

In L.A. County, of the 19,600 appointments for Johnson & Johnson vaccines, 14,000 have been replaced, said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county’s Department of Public Health. The delay will begin to affect L.A. County’s mobile vaccination teams, which used this vaccine exclusively, she said.

Meanwhile, the number of virus cases in the three counties is holding steady. San Bernardino County reported the rate of new cases per day per 100,000 residents remained at 3.8%, matching Tuesday’s rate. Riverside County’s rate of new cases per day per 100,000 residents stayed steady at 3.6. However, that figure rose Tuesday from 3.5 last week. L.A. County’s rate is 3.2, a slight increase from 3.1 last week.

“We are definitely not declining any longer but we are holding steady,” Ferrer said.

Here are the latest numbers as of Wednesday, according to county and state public health officials:

Riverside County

• Confirmed cases: 296,908 total, up 107 from Tuesday, averaging 163 reported per day in the past week

• Deaths: 4,514 total, up 10 from Tuesday, averaging 10 reported per day in the past week

• Hospital survey: 94 confirmed and 40 suspected patients hospitalized Tuesday, including 23 confirmed and one suspected patient in the ICU, with 18 of 21 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 11% from a week earlier.

• Tests: 2,820,990 total, up 7,261 from Tuesday, averaging 7,932 reported per day in the past week

• Recovered cases: 290,228 total, up 180 from Tuesday, averaging 158 per day in the past week

• Vaccinations: The county says 1,321,789 doses have been administered, with 440,377 residents fully vaccinated, as of Tuesday.

• New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 3.6

• Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 3.6

• Test positivity rate: 2.0% (2.3% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)

San Bernardino County

• Confirmed cases: 294,101 total, up 176 from Tuesday, averaging 302 reported per day in the past week

• Deaths: 4,265 total, up 25 from Tuesday, averaging 18 reported per day in the past week

• Hospital survey: 102 confirmed and 16 suspected patients hospitalized Tuesday, including 23 confirmed and one suspected patient in the ICU, with 23 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 1% from a week earlier.

• Tests: 2,810,962 total,

up 3,787 from Tuesday, averaging 7,909 reported per day in the past week

• Resolved cases (estimate): 288,634 total, up 168 from Tuesday, averaging 283 per day in the past week

• Vaccinations: San Bernardino County residents have received 928,702 doses, with 251,935 people partially vaccinated and another 354,737 fully vaccinated, as of Tuesday.

• New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 3.8

• Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 3.8

• Test positivity rate: 1.9% (2.0% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)

Los Angeles County

• Confirmed cases: 1,227,002 total, up 375 from Tuesday, averaging 542 reported per day in the past week

• Deaths: 23,554 total, up 54 from Tuesday, averaging 30 reported per day in the past week

• Hospital survey: 518 confirmed and 96 suspected patients hospitalized Tuesday,

including 123 confirmed and 18 suspected patients in the ICU, with 89 of 92 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is down 9% from a week earlier.

• People tested: About 6,235,000 total, up about 12,000 from Tuesday, averaging 12,000 reported per day in the past week

• Vaccinations: The county says 4,913,321 doses have been administered, with 1,882,335 people fully vaccinated, as of April 6.

• New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 3.9

• Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 3.2

• Test positivity rate: 1.5% (1.9% in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods)

This includes the latest numbers from L.A. County Public Health as well as Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health departments and are typically a day ahead of the county in reporting their cities’ cases and deaths.