Santa Clara County Reports 80 New Coronavirus Cases, 1 Death

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 80 additional coronavirus cases Tuesday.

The latest announcement brings the countywide COVID-19 case count to 5,478.

The county also reported one additional coronavirus-related fatality, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 165.

There were 88 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Tuesday. As of Monday, 33 coronavirus patients were being treated in intensive care units.

Santa Clara County received state approval for a variance on Tuesday that will allow some business sectors to reopen and restaurants to continue outdoor dining.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department worked closely with the state over the weekend after the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control gave notices to cease outdoor dining to restaurants in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and San Jose.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyond, Pleasant Hill is launching a new temporary library on July 14 in the City Hall Community Rooms, providing patrons a safe contact-less way to pick up materials from Monday to Saturday amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrons are now able to place holds on materials, and from July 14 will be able to schedule pick-up appointments after receiving confirmation that their holds have arrived at the temporary site at 100 Gregory Lane.

San Leandro Public Library patrons can now pick up library materials they check out during the COVID-19 pandemic by following five steps, library officials said Monday.

Pickup is offered Thursdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the main library branch at 300 Estudillo Ave.

The city of San Francisco will launch a pop-up COVID-19 testing site on Tuesday in the Tenderloin neighborhood, providing free testing for some of the city's most needy residents.

The testing will be done at a parking lot adjacent to 330 Ellis St. on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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There were 276,601 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,484 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Tuesday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 2,981,602 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 131,248 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Tuesday afternoon.

Bay City News contributed to this report.

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