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Health officials report 436 daily COVID-19 cases and two deaths

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 436 new positive COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths Saturday, bringing the county's totals to 12,837 cases and 360 fatalities.

Saturday marked the sixth time in seven days that health authorities reported more than 300 new COVID-19 cases. On Friday, the county reported 440 new cases, a record.

Three new cases were reported Friday in Fallbrook, bringing the total up to 82 total cases. Bonsall reported one more, bringing the total to 10, and Pala still sits at two cases. The numbers for Saturday in each town were not available as of 4:15 p.m.

The deaths reported Saturday were of a woman and a man who died June 25 and their ages were in the early 70s and 80s, officials said. The man who died did not have underlying health conditions.

The county recorded 9,172 tests Friday and 5% were positive new cases. The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive tests is 3.5%.

Of the new cases, 1,730 or 13.5% of cases have required hospitalization and 475 or 3.7% of all cases and 27.5% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.

In the past seven days, six community outbreaks were identified, officials said. The number of community outbreaks falls beneath the ``trigger'' of seven in seven days.

A ``modest uptick'' in the number of hospitalizations and ICU visits also has officials worried.

``The sense of community we brought together at the beginning of this to slow the spread is the same one we need to summon now,'' County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said Wednesday. ``It's natural to see the spread when things start to reopen. What we want to avoid is an exponential spread.''

 

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