Santa Clara County Reports 9 New Coronavirus Deaths, 160 Cases

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported nine additional coronavirus-related fatalities Tuesday.

The latest report brings the countywide COVID-19 death toll to 233.

The county also reported 160 additional coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the countywide case count to 16,306.

There were 153 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Santa Clara County as of Tuesday, of which 38 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area and beyond, Muni rail service shut down in San Francisco again for the next several weeks starting Tuesday, three days after it resumed following five months of being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Muni Metro system had resumed Saturday but is shutting down for the foreseeable future after two splices in the subway overhead wire failed and someone in the system's control center tested positive for COVID-19.

Starting Tuesday, all rail service will be provided by bus. More details about how the closures are affecting various lines can be found at https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/bus-substitution-all-rail-lines.

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday that counties should begin issuing guidance for Labor Day weekend as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Ghaly warned that large family and social gatherings during the holiday weekend could dismantle the progress the state has made in recent weeks in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

As the state has vacillated between reopening and closing certain medium- and high-risk industries, Ghaly said the most pertinent thing public health officials have learned since the pandemic began is the role individual people play in following health and safety protocol.

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There have been 679,671 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12,307 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Tuesday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 5,773,766 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 178,347 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Tuesday afternoon.

There have been 23,751,919 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 815,797 deaths reported globally as of Tuesday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

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