Santa Clara County Reports 218 New Coronavirus Cases, 3 Deaths

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 218 additional coronavirus cases Thursday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 16,607.

The county reported three additional coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 240.

There were 138 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Thursday, of which 43 were being treated in intensive care units.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Presiding Judge Deborah Ryan issued an order on Wednesday extending through January an emergency bail schedule intended to force much earlier release of detainees.

The order requires bail be set at $0 for most non-violent felonies and misdemeanors. Exceptions include any violation of a restraining order, for example.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyond, the Oakland Tool Lending Library is launching its sidewalk tool pickup services Thursday, the Oakland Public Library announced.

The OTLL, located at 5205 Telegraph Ave., is a branch of the city's public library and offers more than 5,000 tools that can be borrowed by Oakland, Emeryville and Piedmont residents and property owners.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and the school year begins, San Francisco city leaders joined other public officials, including vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, on Wednesday to call on schools to stand up against racism aimed at students of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

The leaders, along with organizers from Beyond Differences and the Community Youth Center of San Francisco, are asking schools to take part in the Stand Up for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth During COVID program.

Students have increasingly been exposed to racist language and attacks since the virus arrived in the U.S early this year, and schools lack the tools to have address it, the organizers said.

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There have been 690,069 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12,626 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Thursday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 5,860,397 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 180,527 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Thursday afternoon.

There have been 24,290,710 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 828,285 deaths reported globally as of Thursday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

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