COVID-19 hospitalizations continue steep decline in Riverside County
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 Sunday, Feb. 21, by the Health and Human Service 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, 15% at Hemet Global Medical Center and 10% at Menifee Global Medical Center. A