Santa Clara County Reports 108 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 108 additional coronavirus cases Monday.

The latest report, which covers a two-day period going back to Saturday, brings the countywide case count to 21,926.

The county reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality Monday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 345.

There were 88 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Monday, of which 28 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, the Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday will consider a cap on fees local restaurants pay online ordering and delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, some local restaurants and the business advocacy group Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association came to the city requesting a temporary cap of 15 percent charged by third-party services including DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats.

These delivery service companies, a city report says, have been charging between 10 and 30 percent per order when customers order food through the delivery service's app or restaurant website.

Whereas before the COVID-19 pandemic these fees didn't necessarily have a substantial impact on local restaurants, with indoor dining suspended since March, restaurants in Walnut Creek are now reliant on delivery/take-out orders for upwards of 70 percent of their business operations.

The fees on these orders, the city report says, present a significant impact on restaurants' profitability.

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There have been 835,428 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,171 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Monday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 7,455,184 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 210,155 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Monday afternoon.

There have been 35,398,010 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,042,679 deaths reported globally as of Monday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report