Santa Clara County Reports 97 New Coronavirus Cases, 2 Deaths

Gideon Rubin
Updated ·2 min read

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 97 additional coronavirus cases Monday.

The latest report, which covers a two-day period going back to Saturday, brings the countywide case count to 21,241.

The county reported two additional coronavirus-related fatalities Monday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 314.

There were 89 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Monday, of which 32 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, San Mateo County will provide three days of free COVID-19 testing at two locations in Daly City starting Monday and running through Wednesday, Supervisor David Canepa said Sunday.

Monday's mobile testing will be conducted by Verily at Serramonte High School, 699 Serramonte Blvd. between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Testing will include children 5 years and older at Tuesday and Wednesday's site as part of a collaboration with Daly City Partnership at the corner of Southgate Avenue and Lake Merced Boulevard (the parking lot next to the closed Burlington Coat Factory whose address is 99 Southgate Ave.) between 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco's Castro District announced Monday it will reopen later this week after having been closed for more than six months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The museum, which is the country's first stand-alone museum dedicated to LGBTQ history, is set to reopen on Thursday for members, and will reopen to the public on Saturday.

Moving forward, the museum will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m., museum officials said.

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There have been 811,751 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15,627 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Monday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 7,143,521 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 205,003 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Monday afternoon.

There have been 33,238,168 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 999,667 deaths reported globally as of Monday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

This article originally appeared on the Los Gatos Patch