Santa Clara County Reports 180 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 180 additional coronavirus cases Friday.

The latest report brings the countywide COVID-19 case count to 15,258.

The county reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality Friday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll at 217.

There were 153 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Friday, of which 45 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, youth sports programs in Marin County this week began operating under new public health guidelines, some of which the programs have already been enforcing for weeks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The county guidelines, which went into effect Monday, limit youth sports groups to 15 people. Children are not allowed to participate in more than two sports programs at once, and they must meet outdoors.

Youth sports programs must last three weeks or longer, and all participants must remain at least 6 feet apart at all times. The coronavirus is still too widespread in Marin County to allow sports competitions, tournaments or events, even if teams are from the same school, according to county officials.

Students in third grade through high school must wear face coverings when they are not eating or recreating outside. Face coverings are strongly advised for children between 2 years old and second grade.

Richmond Police Sgt. Virgil Thomas has died due to complications from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the department said Thursday.

Thomas served for 24 years in Richmond after working for the Albany and Novato police departments.

Thomas is survived by his wife and four children. The RPD did not immediately return a request for additional information about Thomas or whether others within the department may have been affected.

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There have been 656,703 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11,866 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 5,618,133 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 175,245 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Friday afternoon.

There have been 22,847,562 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 797,007 deaths reported globally as of Friday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

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