Riverside County Sets New Record for COVID-19 Hospitalizations - NBC Southern California

The addition of 87 new patients over the weekend brought the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations countywide to 585, up from 498 on Friday, according to the Riverside University Health System.

With 2,126 additional cases reported Monday -- the agency does not release updated figures on weekends -- the aggregate number of infections recorded countywide since the public health documentation period began in early March is 84,412, compared to 82,286 on Friday.

The number of known active virus cases countywide was 15,665, an increase of 1,518 from Friday.

In Riverside County last week, a briefing from public health officials focused on the surge in infections.

Last week, Department of Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari said the county's state-adjusted COVID-19 case rate was 27.2 per 100,000 residents, compared to 22 per 100,000 three weeks ago, and an overall state-calculated positivity rate of 9.9%, up from 8.9%.

Last month, the California Department of Public Health reclassified the county in the purple tier, the most restrictive under Gov.

Two weeks ago, Newsom placed 28 counties in the purple tier, predicated on a 50% statewide upswing in coronavirus cases, which the governor said was "the fastest increase in cases we have seen yet.".