California, the country's most populous state and the first to implement a state-wide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak, is setting daily records for new cases this week.
California, the country's most populous state and the first to implement a state-wide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak, is setting daily records for new cases this week.
The state reported Wednesday it broke a record Tuesday with an increase of more than 7,000 cases in a day, obliterating a record hit the day before when more than 5,000 new cases were recorded. The state's positivity rate -- how many people test positive compared with how many in total are being tested -- has also been on the rise in the past days, as have hospitalization numbers, the governor said. In two weeks, the state's coronavirus hospitalizations increased by nearly 30%, Gov.
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