California reported 1,974 new cases of new coronaviruses and 18 deaths on Saturday, the second consecutive day of declining numbers, even when some of the state’s most populous counties did not report numbers.
As of Saturday night, California had 251,236 cases and 6,330 deaths, according to figures compiled by this news organization. The figure represented around 626 cases and 15.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
The cases reported during the holiday weekend of July 4 represent a downward trend from last week’s breakneck figures in which California twice hit records. The seven-day average was 5,904 daily cases of COVID-19 with almost 62 deaths per day.
But the figures don’t include Los Angeles County, which has 43 percent of all cases in the state and entered Friday with an average of 2,314 daily cases and 30 deaths. Los Angeles County Public Health said on its website that it is improving its data processing systems and will not report new data until Monday.
In the Bay Area, Contra Costa County recorded 132 new cases totaling 3,564 and two new deaths totaling 81.
Santa Clara County reported 228 new cases and one death Saturday, for a total of 5,077 cases and 161 deaths. Cases have skyrocketed in Santa Clara County since mid-May, with a seven-day average of 156 cases daily. On May 11, the county averaged 14 cases daily.
San Mateo County reported 95 new cases totaling 3,536 and there were no new deaths for the second consecutive day. The county has a seven-day average of nearly 65 cases daily.
Alameda County, which has the majority of cases in the Bay Area, reported 84 new cases totaling 6,556 and two deaths totaling 142. The county has a seven-day average of nearly 152 cases daily .
San Francisco reported no new cases, with a total of 3,776 and no new deaths, with a total of 50 deaths from COVID-19. The county has a seven-day average of 54 cases daily. San Francisco has an overall positive test rate of 3 percent.
