The number of coronavirus patients in Riverside County hospitals has increased to 67, up from 38 on March 26, according to the latest state data released Thursday.
Of those patients, seven were being treated in intensive care.
The statewide total of hospitalized patients was 1,561, and has been gradually declining since reaching over 4,300 in December.
Some of the hospitalized patients were admitted for other reasons and learned they had COVID after a mandated test.
The county has recorded 738,372 cases of COVID-19 and 6,872 deaths linked to the virus since the pandemic began, according to the latest numbers provided Thursday by the Riverside University Health System.
A majority of people who die with COVID-19 are elderly or have an underlying health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or hypertension, health officials have said.
The county’s COVID test positivity rate is 5.9%, down from 7.6% in late March.