Santa Clara County Reports 132 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

Gideon Rubin
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 132 additional coronavirus cases Thursday.

The latest announcement brings the countywide COVID-19 case count to 5,678.

The county reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality Thursday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 166.

There were 104 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Thursday of which 46 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyond, San Francisco Mayor London Breed has tested negative for COVID-19 after she was recently exposed to the virus, she announced Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday, Breed announced she would be limiting public events for the next 10 days after she learned she attended an event where someone who had tested positive for COVID-19 was also in attendance.

The city of Alameda will re-stripe a segment of Park Street this week to cordon off space for outdoor dining and shopping during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, city officials said Wednesday.

City workers will re-stripe Park Street on Thursday and Friday creating two lanes instead of four between Tilden Way and Encinal Avenue to allow space for restaurant patrons, shoppers and others to maintain physical distance from one another to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The city of Santa Clara's Parks and Recreation Department will reopen city park restrooms on Thursday. The city is implementing a cleaning and sanitizing regimen that uses two different disinfecting treatments to protect from COVID-19 transmissions.

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There were 292, 926 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,724 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Thursday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 3,088,913 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 132,934 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Thursday afternoon.

Bay City News contributed to this report.

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