https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/25/coronavirus-cases-in-california-top-40000-deaths-rise-to-1612/

A week marked by an alarming surge in newly confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths across California continued Friday, though the pace of those increases slowed somewhat.

Public health officials around the state recorded 1,612 new coronavirus cases and 83 deaths on Friday, according to data compiled by this news organization.