Latest Santa Cruz Coronavirus Case Count; Bay Area Updates

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Santa Cruz County reported 197 cases of the coronavirus in Santa Cruz Monday.

A total of 1,151 have been reported countywide, including 781 active cases. There have been four deaths.

Here's a city-level breakdown:

Capitola: 33

Santa Cruz: 197

Scotts Valley: 27

Watsonville: 577

Unincorporated: 202

Under investigation: 116

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In other Bay Area COVID-19 news, San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa plans to introduce an ordinance at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday that would impose fines for those who violate COVID-19 health orders like not wearing a face covering in high-risk settings.

Currently, those who violate the state's health order could be punished with a misdemeanor, with fines up to $1,000 and a potential jail sentence of up to 90 days.

Under Canepa's ordinance, individuals can be fined $100 as an administrative infraction, $200 for a second violation and $500 for additional violations. Businesses can be fined between $250 and $3,000 per violation depending on the gravity of the violation, prior warnings, efforts to comply or intent to profit.

State Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and a group of public health officials expressed concern Monday about the potential for millions of renters across the state to be evicted later this month. Statewide emergency protections for renters, intended to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, are expected to end Aug. 14.

Chiu and public health officials like Sonoma County Public Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations Director Dr. Margot Kushel argued that failing to extend renter protections will force millions of residents into homelessness.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

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