Santa Clara County passed 20,000 COVID-19 cases on Friday, joining the other two air counties in Alameda County as it reached that critical milestone, while new cases and hospital admissions in California continued to decline.
There were 238 reported cases and no new deaths in Santa Clara County on Friday, with a total of 20,129 cases and 295 deaths in the county. The number of new cases and deaths is based on the analysis of new cases reported by this news organization on the COVID-19 data portals of individual counties and is not indicative of when specific positive cases or deaths occurred.
Nationwide, 4,391 cases and 99 deaths were reported Friday in California counties, leading to a total of 779,778 cases and 14,910 deaths in the state. Led by Southern California and the Central Valley, it is the most difficult area in the state. On Friday, 1,445 new cases were reported in Los Angeles County, followed by San Diego County at 8,388 and Riverside County at 707. .
California has a seven-day average of 4,461 new cases, down from a new seven-day average of seven,8585 days in July, following the lifting of lockdown restrictions by government officials in July.
The seven-day test positivity average in the state. 3. percent, which is lower than its 1-day average of 4.4 percent.
The number of patients admitted to the hospital from the peaks in late July or in the intensive care unit bed is also steadily declining. As of Thursday, there have been 2,676 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the lowest number since April 6 and a 63 percent drop to its highest level ever. ICU There were also 836 patients with Covid-19 in bed, the lowest number since April 1, and 58 reductions from the top.
On Friday, Almeida County reported 202 new cases and five new deaths from COVID-19, leading to a total of 20,364 cases and 370 deaths in the county – the highest in the two areas, followed by Santa Clara County. Contra Costa County recorded 199 new deaths out of a total of 15,734 cases and 94 new cases and one new death for 199 deaths. San Francisco County reported 71 new cases and five deaths and 96 deaths out of a total of 10,640 cases.
