San Bernardino County reported 50 more cases of the novel coronavirus and two more deaths Thursday, April 2. The county now has 304 cases, up from 254 on Wednesday, April 1, and eight deaths, up from six, the latest county data show. Yucaipa, where an outbreak occurred at the Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation center, still has the most […]
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — As the coronavirus continues to spread in Riverside County, a third drive-up testing site is now open. Riverside County Public Health has tested more than 47,000 residents throughout the county for coronavirus with three drive-thru testing sites now open to all county residents, the latest operation is at Harvest Christian Fellowship […]
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Riverside County rose by 58 to 429 on Wednesday afternoon, April 1 as deaths were confirmed for the first time in Corona and Wildomar. The county’s COVID-19 death toll is unchanged at 13. Besides Corona and Wildomar, the county has recorded COVID-19-related fatalities in Moreno Valley, Beaumont […]
Riverside County public health officials are asking residents to cover their face or wear masks while in public to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The masks don’t have to be “hospital grade” and can be bandannas, fabric masks, or neck gaiters, a Tuesday, March 31, news release states. But they should cover the nose and mouth […]
HEMET, Calif. (KABC) — Riverside County’s first private drive-thru testing center for COVID-19 opened in Hemet on Tuesday. The testing site, which is operated by Hemet Global Medical Center, will be available to referred patients, those experiencing severe symptoms or elderly patients, who considered most at risk for the virus. For those in the Hemet […]
An Amazon worker at a fulfillment center in the Riverside County city of Eastvale tested positive for coronavirus, the second such confirmed case among Amazon employees in the Inland Empire. Amazon confirmed to CBS2 Sunday that the employee was recovering. Any employees who came into close contact with the patient have been sent home and […]
Take one look at Southern California freeways and it’s easy to see that people are staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. But in the Inland Empire, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the decline in driving and increase in physical distancing might not be as significant as in other counties. Los Angeles County has seen mobility drop […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Riverside County increased by 10 Saturday, March 28, a slow increase compared to previous days. Jose Arballo Jr., a Riverside County public health spokesman, said Saturday’s 5% increase was “a little artificial” because the system used to log tests was down for much of the day. The number […]
Twelve individuals at a nursing facility in Yucaipa tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, March 28, county health officials say. A resident of a nursing facility in Mentone is also presenting symptoms of the disease, according to a news release. By RYAN HAGEN | rhagen@scng.com | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: March 28, 2020 at 1:43 p.m. | UPDATED: March 28, 2020 at 7:52 p.m.
Despite efforts to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, two counties in the Inland Empire have seen a jump in confirmed cases this week. San Bernardino County recorded 54 COVID-19 cases and two fatalities related to the virus as of Thursday. The number of confirmed cases has tripled in less than a week. The county initially recorded 17 […]
