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Numbers of COVID-19 patients at local hospitals continue steep declines

As has been the story for weeks now, coronavirus hospitalizations are continuing an extreme decline from the heights of the brutal third wave of the pandemic as vaccines continue to roll out to more and more members of the public.

Those with COVID-19 are making up a much smaller share of patients in local hospitals these days – data released on Feb. 21 by the HHS department showed 21% of patients at Temecula Valley Hospital were coronavirus-positive in the week before the report, as well as 17% at Southwest Healthcare System (which includes Inland Valley and Rancho Springs medical centers in Wildomar and Murrieta, respectively), 25% at Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta and 27% at Palomar Medical Center Escondido.

At the peak of the recent pandemic wave, as many as half of all patients were coronavirus-positive at most local hospitals, and as many as two-thirds had COVID-19 at Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta in data released in early January.

Between the Feb. 14 and Feb. 21 hospital data dumps, seven-day average counts of coronavirus patients dropped by double digits at all local hospitals.

Here is a more detailed look at some of the most recent HHS data on local hospitals:

Temecula Valley Hospital

Total beds (7-day average): 134.3 (151.4 last week)

Total inpatient beds used (7-day average): 119.9 (132.6 last week)

Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (7-day average): 25.1 (32.7 last week)

ICU beds (7-day average): 27.3 (29.6 last week)

ICU beds used (7-day average): 26.6 (27 last week)

Southwest Healthcare System (Inland Valley and Rancho Springs medical centers)

Total beds (7-day average): 203.1 (221.7 last week)

Total inpatient beds used (7-day average): 190.7 (209.6 last week)

Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (7-day average): 32.4 (47.4 last week)

ICU beds (7-day average): 25.7 (29.9 last week)

ICU beds used (7-day average): 24.9 (28.4 last week)

Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta

Total beds (7-day average): 145. 9 (153.6 last week)

Total inpatient beds used (7-day average): 130.9 (131.9 last week)

Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (7-day average): 32.9 (40.3 last week)

ICU beds (7-day average): 24.6 (25.4 last week)

ICU beds used (7-day average): 19.9 (17.3 last week)

Palomar Medical Center Escondido

Total beds (7-day average): 411 (410.3 last week)

Total inpatient beds used (7-day average): 307 (306.3 last week)

Total adults hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 positive (7-day average): 80.4 (103.7 last week)

ICU beds (7-day average): 55 (54.3 last week)

ICU beds used (7-day average): 55 (54.3 last week)

Will Fritz can be reached by email at [email protected].

 

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