https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/08/coronavirus-california-surpasses-62000-cases-records-83-new-deaths/ > California has recorded 62,356 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, logging 1,789 new cases Thursday, according to data compiled by this news organization. > The number of new cases Thursday represents a 6.3% decrease from the day before, the data shows. This number also represents a 30% drop from Wednesday, when the state reported 2,546 new cases, the largest number of new cases that have thus far been counted in a single day.