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Coronavirus: California closes in on New York as case count nears 400,000
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/21/coronavirus-california-closes-in-on-new-york-as-case-count-nears-400000/
There’s a new county behind Los Angeles with the second-most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in California, and as soon as this week, the state could overtake the nation’s initial epicenter in total number of cases.
The state added 11,834 positive tests to its count Monday, according to data compiled by this news organization, increasing its overall case count to 396,501. With another 60 deaths from the virus Monday, the state is averaging 96 fatalities and 9,108 new cases per day over the past week, both near record highs.