More than half of Riverside County monkeypox cases have come from Palm Springs, data shows
More than half of Riverside County's monkeypox cases have come from Palm Springs alone, data released by public health officials on Thursday showed...
More than half of Riverside County's monkeypox cases have come from Palm Springs alone, data released by public health officials on Thursday showed.Among the reported 109 monkeypox cases in the county as of Thursday, 59 were in Palm Springs, and 20 were from Cathedral City. That means 72% of all cases in the county are in the two cities.Desert Hot Springs has five cases. Other cities in the Coachella Valley area, such as Indio, Palm Desert and Banning, have less than five cases each. The City of Riverside, which is the county's most populous municipality with over 300,000 residents, has five cases.