Santa Clara County Reports 124 New Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 124 additional coronavirus cases Wednesday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 25,543.

The county reported nine additional coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 421.

There were 98 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Wednesday, of which 28 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyond, Santa Clara County has surpassed 1 million tests for the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began in March, the county's testing officer said Monday.

County COVID-19 testing officer Dr. Marty Fenstersheib said between 7,000 and 8,000 tests are being conducted per day in Santa Clara County.

That includes tests conducted through the state's testing infrastructure and by large health care companies and nonprofits like Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

Oakland's annual community Thanksgiving dinner is going to look a lot different this year because of the pandemic, city officials announced Friday.

Thousands of low-income families and unhoused people have been served a traditional holiday feast each year for the past 28 years at one location, but this year meals will be provided in a different way and under a new name.

Meals will be cooked at the Oakland Marriott, where the feast was held last year, and delivered to food pantry sites in the city.

The event is now called the Community Day of Thanks and organizers are providing 1,000more meals than last year's 2,000 for a couple of reasons.

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There have been 950,448 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17,805 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Wednesday night according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 9,480,195 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 233,663 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Wednesday night.

There have been 48,005,784 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,224,111 deaths reported globally as of Wednesday night.

— Bay City News contributed to this report