Fresno County adds 3 more coronavirus-related deaths, 325 cases
Fresno County added three deaths and 325 positive cases Tuesday to its running tally for the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s a total of 6,924 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and 81 people have died in Fresno County from complications related to the virus.
Of the positive cases in Fresno County, 1,454 people have recovered and 415 had to be hospitalized. Fresno also hit an all-time high point for confirmed cases currently in a hospital — 148.
The central San Joaquin Valley’s six-county region has more 17,000 cases to date and at least 276 deaths.
The central San Joaquin Valley is at an all-time high for confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 326 as of Monday. The previous high was the day before at 304. Fifty-eight of those patients are in intensive-care, according to numbers from the California Department of Public Health.
Most of California is seeing a spike in coronavirus activity that began in mid-June. Local health leaders attributed the beginning of that spike to too many group gatherings among friends and extended family members, such as birthday and graduation parties, with little social distancing being observed beginning around Memorial Day weekend in late May.
In response to elevated case numbers and hospitalizations, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week ordered 19 counties including Fresno to immediately close all bars and a number of indoor businesses for at least three weeks.
Madera County was added to that list on Monday. Fresno, Tulare and Kings have been on the list since last week.
Around the region
Tulare County reported 166 new cases Tuesday morning, which brings the total to 5,175. Three more deaths reported Tuesday increased the total to 139.
Mariposa County health officials said Tuesday there were no changes to the 31 cases and single death to date.
Merced County health officials have tallied 1,623 cases through Tuesday, which is 93 more than the previous day. There was no change to the 11 deaths.
Madera County added 56 cases to Monday and 15 on Tuesday, which totals 784 to date. No change was reported to the seven fatal cases.
Kings County added 38 cases to reach 2,755. No new deaths were reported, total deaths remain at 37.
Almost 3 million people in the country have tested positive for COVID-19, including more than 270,000 people in California, according to The COVID Tracking Project and Johns Hopkins University CSSE. More than 6,400 Californians have died and there have been more than 131,000 fatal cases nationally.
The Sacramento Bee contributed to this report.
This story was originally published July 7, 2020 at 3:53 PM.
