https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/26/coronavirus-california-crosses-200000-confirmed-cases-as-u-s-reports-its-highest-daily-total-yet/ > Not only is the coronavirus pandemic not slowing down, Thursday brought the most new cases yet nationwide, including thousands more in California, pushing the state past 200,000. > There were 5,052 positive tests for COVID-19 and another 81 deaths from the virus reported Thursday around California, pushing the state’s confirmed case count to 200,476, according to data compiled by this news organization. The new fatalities — more than half in Los Angeles County — raised California’s death toll to 5,804.