Santa Clara County Reports 388 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 388 additional coronavirus cases Monday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 28,686.

The county reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality Monday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 445.

There were 145 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Monday, of which 43 were being treated in intensive care units.

The latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of Monday afternoon include: Most of the Bay Area's counties will move into more-restrictive reopening tiers this week as the state attempts to extinguish its current rise in new coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.

A total of 28 counties - including Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Cruz and Solano counties - will be moved into the most-restrictive "purple tier" Tuesday, part of what Newsom described as the state "pulling the emergency brake" on its reopening plans.

In addition, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties moved into the red tier, the second most-restrictive tier in the system.

Following an announcement on Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom that most counties will be moved into more restrictive tiers on the state's COVID-19 tiered reopening system, San Francisco has been pushed from the yellow tier to the red tier.

As a result of being placed in the red tier, Mayor London Breed and Department of Public Health Director Grant Colfax said the city will close non-essential offices and reduce capacity at indoor gyms from 25 percent to ten percent starting on Tuesday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly apologized Monday for attending a birthday party at the French Laundry earlier this month, saying that he contradicted the guidance he's given discouraging social gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle's Alexei Koseff, Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, attended the 50th birthday party for Jason Kinney, a longtime political advisor, on Nov. 6 at the Michelin-starred restaurant in Yountville, located in Napa County.

The dinner included at least 12 people, according to Koseff's report, which Newsom said on Monday was "a larger group than I had anticipated."

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There have been 1,040,774 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18,287 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Monday night according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 11,197,791 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 247,142 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Monday night.

There have been 54,967,255 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,325,752 deaths reported globally as of Monday night.

— Bay City News contributed to this report