COVID-19 update: 489 more cases in last 3 weeks

Here are the COVID-19 numbers reported on Thursday, Dec. 23 by the Riverside County Health Department. Increases/decreases listed are for the last three weeks:

Total confirmed cases in Menifee: 14,175 (increase of 489)

Total deaths in Menifee: 229 (increase of 9)

Total recovered in Menifee: 13,773 (increase of 456)

Total confirmed cases in the county: 390,065 (increase of 12,827)

Total deaths in the county: 5,554 (increase of 96)

Currently hospitalized in the county: 369 (increase of 131)

Number currently in ICU in the county: 81 (increase of 20)

Total recovered in the county: 378,740 (increase of 10,737)