https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/30/coronavirus-california-shatters-record-for-deaths-set-the-previous-day/

Four times now in the past eight days, California has set records for COVID-19 deaths in a single day.

This time the state obliterated its previous mark, reporting 193 fatalities on Wednesday, 29 more than the previous record set the day before, according to data compiled by this news organization. It also reported its third-highest number of new cases, 11,965, though the seven-day average remained steady around 9,200 per day, about where it has been for the past two weeks.