3/17/2021 More than 500,000 coronavirus vaccine doses given to San Bernardino County residents – San Bernardino Sun ___ LOCAL NEWS •• News More than 500,000 coronavirus vaccine doses given to San Bernardino County residents By DEEPA BHARATH ||
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[email protected] || OrangeOrange CountyCounty RegisterRegister PUBLISHED: March 17, 2021 at 3:10 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: March 17, 2021 at 3:10 p.m. ThisThis criticalcritical coveragecoverage isis beingbeing providedprovided freefree toto allall readers.readers. Support reporting like this with a subscription to The Sun. Special Offer: Just 99¢ for 3 months. Support local journalism San Bernardino County crossed an important landmark Wednesday, March 17, with county residents now having received more than 500,000 coronavirus vaccine doses.doses. This means that 21% of the countyʼs adult population has now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 11.2% have been fullyfully vaccinated.vaccinated. AA monthmonth ago,ago, onlyonly 7.6%7.6% ofof thethe adultadult populationpopulation hadhad receivedreceived atat leastleast oneone shot.shot. County officials also reported 50 coronavirus-related-related deathsdeaths Wednesday,Wednesday, whichwhich takestakes thethe totaltotal toto 383383 fatalitiesfatalities overover thethe pastpast weekweek —— thethe highest seven-day total ever. However, more than half of these people died in January, and more than 90% died between December and February. Only two people died in March. This reflects the long period of time it could take for deaths to be confirmed as coronavirus-related and then make their way into data systems. The county reported 125 new virus cases Wednesday.