https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/27/california-coronavirus-cases-climb-but-the-pace-of-new-cases-and-deaths-slows/ > The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to climb in California over the weekend, but the pace of the daily increase in new cases and deaths has slowed in the past few days, officials reported. > The total number of cases reached 43,621 as of Sunday evening, an increase of 1,091, or 2.4 percent, from the day before, according to data compiled by this news organization. But this number is lower than the 1274 new cases reported Saturday, and offers a relief to the surge of cases earlier in the week, when the state reported more than 2300 cases in a single day.