Updated on February 11, 2021 at 4:52 pm
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Riverside County will open a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Palm Springs Convention Center Friday, and all appointments were snapped up Thursday within 90 minutes.
County spokeswoman Brooke Federico said the appointment window opened up about 10:30 this morning and all 350 spots for Friday were filled by noon. She said another 500 appointments are expected to be available each day starting next week.
“The number of appointments available is subject to vaccine supply,” she said. Santa Clara-based Curative Inc., which has been tapped to oversee numerous testing sites in Riverside County, will be handling appointments and immunizations at the site, which will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to the Riverside University Health System.
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Riverside County health officials confirmed the first local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom.
The case was reported to Riverside County health officials over the weekend, according to county Executive Office spokeswoman Brooke Federico. She did not specify the region in which the case originated, but did tell News Channel 3 that it was in the western part of Riverside County.
Federico added that there is only one confirmed case of the variant right now. It was inevitable we would see this strain in Riverside County, and in our large population we will probably see others, county Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser said. But it doesn t change the need for people to take precautions with facial coverings, social distancing and good hygiene. It works for other things and it works for this, too.
The number of known active virus cases countywide is 51,057 down 3,973 from Tuesday. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and documented recoveries from the current total 277,724 according to the county Executive Office.
Verified patient recoveries countywide are at 223,389, according to RUHS. 22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.
Riverside County Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the county s available ICU space remains at 0%, along with the 11-county Southern California region. However, he pointed out that the peak in hospitalizations now appears to have been in the second week of January, with signs pointing to a continuing decline, though it was unclear when the county might recover to pre-surge levels.
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On Friday, health officials reported 1,805 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 33 additional virus-related deaths, while the number of hospitalizations continued to decline. (Jacob Baumgart/Patch)
RIVERSIDE, CA Since the pandemic began last March, Riverside County has reported 271,910 COVID-19 cases, and 3,091 deaths, according to the Riverside University Health System.
The agency does not provide updated statistics on the weekend.
On Friday, health officials reported 1,805 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 33 additional virus-related deaths, while the number of hospitalizations continued to decline.
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The number of coronavirus hospitalizations countywide was at 1,128 Friday, down 63 from Thursday. That includes 290 patients being treated in intensive-care unit beds, down 27 from Thursday.