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The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported 603 new cases of coronavirus and nine more deaths on Saturday while setting a record for testing.
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Of a record 16,429 tests reported to the county in the past day, only 3.8% were positive, and the 14-day moving average of positive tests fell to 5.8%.
The highest number of previous tests was 10,544 on June 18.
The last victims of the pandemic disease were five men and four women aged between 60 and 93 years. All but one of the deceased had underlying medical conditions.
The county reported only one new community outbreak, which occurred in a business. A community outbreak is defined as three for more cases in the same location that do not involve people from the same household.
Three indicators of the pandemic currently exceed the permitted levels. They are the number of recent community outbreaks at 11, the number of new cases per 100,000 residents at 154.5, and the percentage of new cases being investigated within 24 hours at 10%.
Since the first local case in March, 554,680 tests have been conducted in San Diego County, resulting in 26,701 confirmed cases and 533 deaths.
San Diego County Sets Record Testing, Reporting 603 New Virus Cases, 9 Deaths was last modified: July 25, 2020 by
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