San Bernardino County's weekly COVID-19 cases fall 46.3%; 12 new deaths in Victorville

California reported 668,396 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 685,527 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.

In Victorville, 12 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the week ending Jan. 16. Apple Valley also reported seven new COVID-19-related deaths.

California ranked 21st among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in the United States increased 5.8% from the week before, with 5,438,242 cases reported. With 11.87% of the country's population, California had 12.29% of the country's cases in the last week.

Across the country, 39 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Many counties did not report during data during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, disrupting the latest week's statistics. That data is being compared to a week with backlogged cases and deaths from the New Year's holiday weekend. Week-to-week comparisons are skewed and these numbers will be unreliable even as they're accurate to what states reported.

California's reporting during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend was particularly low, with fewer than half the state's population being represented in Sunday's reports.

San Bernardino County reported 24,529 cases and 111 deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 45,687 cases and 71 deaths. Throughout the pandemic, it has reported 469,782 cases and 6,233 deaths.

ADELANTO

• Population: 35,234

• Total Cases: 7,659

• Outbreak Cases: 346

• Community Cases: 7,313

• Total Deaths: 90 (+3 over last week)

• Total Tests: 97,959

• Widespread risk

APPLE VALLEY

• Population: 73,694

• Total Cases: 15,735

• Outbreak Cases: 205

• Community Cases: 15,530

• Total Deaths: 331 (+7)

• Total Tests: 181,921

• Widespread risk

HESPERIA

• Population: 97,312

• Total Cases: 20,415

• Outbreak Cases: 35

• Community Cases: 20,380

• Total Deaths: 258 (+3)

• Total Tests: 218,119

• Widespread risk

LUCERNE VALLEY

• Population: 7,041

• Total Cases: 650

• Outbreak Cases: 4

• Community Cases: 646

• Total Deaths: 21 (+1)

• Total Tests: 7,315

• Widespread risk

PHELAN

• Population: 14,757

• Total Cases: 2,540

• Outbreak Cases: 7

• Community Cases: 2,533

• Total Deaths: 45 (+2)

• Total Tests: 27,788

• Widespread risk

VICTORVILLE

• Population: 128,353

• Total Cases: 31,607

• Outbreak Cases: 1,171

• Community Cases: 30,436

• Total Deaths: 476 (+12)

• Total Tests: 344,279

• Widespread risk

Within California, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in San Diego County with 2,907 cases per 100,000 per week; Los Angeles County with 2,889; and Orange County with 1,947. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Adding the most new cases overall were Los Angeles County, with 290,059 cases; San Diego County, with 97,036 cases; and Orange County, with 61,830. Weekly case counts rose in 11 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange counties.

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California ranked 10th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 84.3% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 74.6%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.

In the week ending Wednesday, California reported administering another 1,318,532 vaccine doses, including 359,744 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 1,150,214 vaccine doses, including 308,257 first doses. In all, California reported it has administered 67,991,446 total doses.

Across California, cases fell in 47 counties, with the best declines in San Bernardino County, with 24,529 cases from 45,687 a week earlier; in Riverside County, with 26,207 cases from 44,457; and in Santa Clara County, with 19,390 cases from 37,586.

In California, 718 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 533 people were reported dead.

A total of 6,924,718 people in California have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 77,774 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States, 65,699,947 people have tested positive and 850,605 people have died.

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California's COVID-19 hospital admissions rising

USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Jan. 16.

Likely COVID-19 patients admitted in the state:

• Last week: 18,555

• The week before that: 14,986

• Four weeks ago: 5,542

Likely COVID-19 patients admitted in the nation:

• Last week: 203,221

• The week before that: 185,954

• Four weeks ago: 90,739

Hospitals in 41 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 35 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 43 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: San Bernardino County COVID-19 cases increase by 24,529