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.