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Santa Clara County Reports 101 New Coronavirus Cases, 4 Deaths
There were 172 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Wednesday, of which 50 were being treated in intensive care units.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 101 additional coronavirus cases Wednesday.
The latest announcement brings the countywide COVID-19 case count to 11,128.
The county reported four additional coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 196.
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There were 172 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Wednesday, of which 50 were being treated in intensive care units.
Statewide technical issues resulting in incomplete COVID-19 testing data have left Santa Clara County "back to feeling blind," County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said in a news conference Wednesday.
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Cody said the lack of data makes her feel like the county has regressed to what it was in February and March when there wasn't enough testing and data to indicate the impacts of COVID-19.
The county's current cumulative case count is over 11,000, according to the county dashboard, but cases have been significantly underreported since mid-July because of the glitch in the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange disease reporting system.
Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Board of Directors unanimously approved putting an eighth-cent sales tax on the November ballot to fund Caltrain during a special meeting Wednesday morning.
The tax would generate an estimated $108 million annually for the agency, which desperately needs the funding to operate the system as ridership has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tax, however, needs to be approved by county supervisors and transportation boards across San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties by Friday -- the deadline for the measure to make it to the November ballot.
The 102nd PGA Championship is set to tee off at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco this week without fans after the golf tournament was postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The four-day tournament is scheduled to begin Thursday and will be the first major golf tournament without fans.
California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara will remain closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, park officials announced Tuesday.
In a statement, park officials said a comprehensive safe plan has been put in place in accordance with industry and public health standards, but the uncertainty of the pandemic coupled with the diminishing number of days left in the 2020 operation season have led the park to remain closed until the end of the year.
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There were 528,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 9,728 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Wednesday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The United States had 4,818,328 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 157,930 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Wednesday afternoon.
There have been 18,710,668 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 704,869 deaths reported globally as of Wednesday afternoon.
— Bay City News contributed to this report
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