Coronavirus Stats, News For Riverside County

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Riverside County grew by 723 Tuesday and the number of deaths attributed to complications stemming from the virus went up by one, officials said.

The total number of cases recorded in the county since the public health documentation period began in early March now stands at 35,910, with 672 fatalities, according to the Riverside University Health System.

Officials said the number of confirmed patient recoveries is 12,489. The county defines a recovery as someone who has not manifested symptoms for 14 days.

According to RUHS, 487 people are hospitalized for COVID-19, one fewer than on Monday. The hospitalizations include 143 patients in intensive care units, which represents three less than Monday's reporting.

Health officials said that between 118,000 and 175,400 county residents might have been infected by the coronavirus at some point since COVID- 19 reached the county, citing preliminary results of a recent randomized antibody test study.

The study was conducted over two weekends this month and involved 1,726 randomly selected people. Read more about the study here.

The doubling time — or the number of days in which documented virus cases increase 100 percent — is 25 days. A doubling rate of seven days is considered severe.

Most of the county's fatalities stemming from complications tied to COVID-19 have been people between the ages of 65 and 84, according to RUHS.

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