The number of coronavirus patients in Riverside County hospitals is down to 47, down from 50 the previous day and 58 last weekend, according to the latest state data released Saturday.
Of those patients, nine were being treated in intensive care, the same total as last weekend.
Meanwhile, the statewide total of COVID-positive patients has dropped below 1,200 for the first time since May of 2022, falling to 1,163.
Some of the hospitalized patients were admitted for other reasons and learned they had COVID after a mandated test.
The county recorded another 305 cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths associated with the virus this week, bringing its cumulative totals to 739,914 cases and 6,885 fatalities, according to the Riverside University Health System. That was down from 330 cases reported the previous week and 423 the week before that.
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 3.6%, down from 4.2%, 4.6% and 5.3% the previous three weeks.
The RUHS provides updated COVID data for Riverside County every Thursday.