City Of Banning Closes Facilities Amid COVID-19 Surge

BANNING, CA — The lobbies of all city of Banning facilities closed Thursday amid increasing COVID-19 cases, but the city is still doing business online and via phone.

There was no word on when facilities might reopen for in-person services.

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The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals increased by 59 people Thursday to 772, according to state data. The number of those patients in intensive care increased to 123, up 15 from Wednesday.

The county reported an additional 12 virus-related deaths and 1,880 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total to 410,526 cases and 5,620 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to the Riverside University Health System.