Alameda County reported 205 cases and 45 deaths, for a total of 79,297 cases and 1,171 deaths.Ĭontra Costa County reported 150 cases and 11 deaths, for a total of 61,284 cases and 643 deaths. In The Bay Area, Santa Clara County reported 207 new cases and 17 deaths for a total of 108,462 cases and 1,725 deaths. During the state’s summer surge, California peaked at a seven-day death average of 145.
Fatality trends tend to lag behind cases and hospitalizations, and deaths have been declining since a Jan. On Friday, 479 COVID-19 deaths were reported by California counties, bringing the state’s seven-day average to 340 daily deaths. There were nearly 5,000 ICU patients with COVID-19 in early January.īurning Man revelers returning from the desert with lifelong memories, and COVIDĭespite improving overall numbers, deaths from COVID-19 remain high in the state. The number of patients in intensive care unit beds with confirmed cases declined 5.7 percent on Thursday, to 2,207. That’s down from a peak of almost 22,000 hospitalized patients in early January. Statewide, the number of patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 declined on Thursday by 4.9 percent from the preceding day to 7,514. They were followed by Sacramento, Riverside and Orange counties.
Los Angeles County, the largest and hardest-hit in the state, reported 2,432 new cases, followed by San Diego County with 812 and San Bernardino County with 517. The average daily new cases have declined 82 percent since the start of the year. 12, at the beginning of the winter surge. On Friday, California counties reported 7,621 new cases of COVID-19, according to data tracked by this news organization, bringing the state’s seven-day average of new cases down to 7,081. Meanwhile, almost 7 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state after one of the slowest starts in the nation. We all have to work together to keep this from getting worse, and that starts with people having the financial security to stay home.COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline in California after a massive winter surge sent the state back into some of the strictest lockdown orders of the pandemic. "COVID-19 cannot be allowed to spread following the December holidays the way it spread after Thanksgiving. They are understaffed, overworked and inundated with patients fighting for their lives," Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, said in a statement. "Health care workers throughout Los Angeles are reaching their breaking point. The coalition representing essential workers provides an opposing stance, arguing that county leaders need to take more effective steps to protect the health care workers, teachers and grocery workers risking their health to provide essential services as the pandemic rages out of control. They contend the closures pose an undue hardship on Los Angeles businesses and an infringement on individual rights. Civic, political, and business interest groups opposing the current shutdown have dominated the debate of late with protests, lawsuits and even sing-alongs.
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