The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive in California also continues to rise, another indication that disease spread is worsening.
It was the second time the state has recorded more thanThe percent of coronavirus tests coming back positive in California continues to rise — hitting 5.95% Tuesday, a Los Angeles Times analysis found, up from 5.28% a week earlier, and 4.45% a week before that. That’s another indication that disease spread is worsening.reported the third straight day of more than 2,100 additional confirmed cases. Officials reported 45 more COVID-19-related deaths and 2,779 new cases. Roughly 1.
The rate of positive infections has increased to 9% in the county, which does not meet the state’s positivity rate threshold of 8% or less for continued reopenings.for surges in cases and hospitalizations. On Wednesday, Contra Costa was no longer included on the state’s watch list after, once again, meeting the state’s standards.
At a news conference earlier Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said that four more counties were likely to be added to the watch list, but he did not indicate which ones.
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