The number of coronavirus patients in Riverside County hospitals continues to gradually decline and is now at 58, down from 65 last weekend, according to the latest state data released Sunday.
Of those patients, nine were being treated in intensive care.
The statewide total of COVID-positive patients was 1,484 as of Sunday, up 29 from the previous day’s total but sill down considerably from more than 4,600 at the end of last year.
Some of the hospitalized patients were admitted for other reasons and learned they had COVID after a mandated test.
The county recorded another 484 cases of COVID-19 and eight additional deaths associated with the virus last week, bringing its cumulative totals to 738,856 cases and 6,880 fatalities, according to 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 test positivity rate was 5.3%, down from 5.9% the previous week and 7.6% in late March.
The RUHS provides updated COVID data for Riverside County every Thursday.