Santa Clara County Reports 11 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 11 additional cases of the new coronavirus Friday.

The latest report brings the countywide total of COVID-19 cases to 2,290.

The county reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality, bringing its death toll to 128.

There are currently 111 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County, of which 40 are being treated in intensive care units.

Here is a breakdown of cases by city as of Friday:

· Campbell: 30

· Cupertino: 27

· Gilroy: 43

· Los Altos: 22

· Los Altos Hills: Less than 10

· Los Gatos: 22

· Milpitas: 73

· Monte Sereno: Less than 10

· Morgan Hill: 47

· Mountain View: 47

· Palo Alto: 72

· San Jose: 1,519

· Santa Clara: 107

· Saratoga: 17

· Sunnyvale: 134

· Other/Unknown: 114

Elsewhere in the Bay Area, the Sonoma County Health Officer on Thursday amended the county's shelter-in-place health order to allow some retail stores such as bookstores, jewelry stores, toy stores, and clothing stores to reopen for curbside pickup and delivery. The change in the order went into effect Friday at 12:01 a.m.

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Oakland city officials on Thursday announced an additional five miles of streets that will receive soft closures to motor traffic to help support physical distancing during the COVID-19 coronavirus response.

The city launched the program on April 10 to support physical distancing for travel on foot, wheelchair and bicycle, and has since performed soft closures on about 20 miles of roadways, city officials said.

The upcoming Toyota/Save Mart 350 race weekend at Sonoma Raceway is canceled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR and track owner Speedway Motorsports announced on Friday.

Sonoma County health officials have expanded free drive-through coronavirus testing to include health care workers and first responders with or without symptoms, symptomatic people over 65 years old, symptomatic people with underlying health conditions, and all essential workers with or without symptoms.

There have been 63,722 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2,612 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday afternoon according to The Guardian, which cites data from John Hopkins.

The United States has confirmed 1,283,679 COVID-19 cases and 77,173 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Friday afternoon.

Patch editor Gideon Rubin and Bay City News contributed to this report.

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