Santa Clara County Reports 573 New Coronavirus Cases, 28 Deaths

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 573 additional coronavirus cases Friday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 100,997.

The county reported 28 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Friday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 1,372.

There were 487 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the county as of Friday of which 133 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, Johnson & Johnson will seek emergency use emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine after early data released Friday indicates it provides good protection, The Associated Press reports.

J&J's studied 44,000 people in the U.S., Latin America and South Africa with the one-dose option and interim results found the shot to be 85 percent effective at preventing severe symptoms and 66 percent protective against moderate-to-severe symptoms, the reports said.

There were no serious side effects according to the report.

Santa Clara County's Superior Court has extended the emergency bail schedule as COVID-19 case counts remain at an all-time high in county jails, officials announced Friday.

The Superior Court bench voted Tuesday to issue the order, which will expire June 30.

The order requires that bail be set at $0 for all misdemeanor and felony offenses, with exceptions for specific offenses listed in the order.

The purpose of the emergency bail schedule is to limit COVID-19 transmissions.

Without the order, individuals arrested and held in pretrial custody may be subject to close confinement in county jails.

Instead, the order allows eligible individuals to wait for their trial outside of jail.

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There have been 3,280,666 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 39,836 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 25,890,758 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 435,892 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Friday afternoon.

There have been 101,981,256 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2,202,159 coronavirus-related deaths reported globally as of Friday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report