Fresno County dips under 100 new COVID-19 cases. Here’s where daily average stands

For the first day in over a week, Fresno County reported less than 100 cases of COVID-19 to the state.

Fresno County had 99 new infections on Thursday, according to the California Department of Public Health, which brings the 14-day average to 110 cases.

That’s significantly lower than levels seen in August, when at times the county reported 700 cases a day.

But ahead of Halloween, Dr. Rais Vohra, Fresno County’s interim health officer, urged caution, especially as the county has managed to remain in a less-restrictive tier of commercial reopenings.

“The new scary monster that we do have to deal with right now is something called pandemic fatigue,” he said Tuesday afternoon.

In total, 31,195 people in Fresno County have caught the virus since the start of the pandemic, and 439 people have died.

Across the central San Joaquin Valley

On Thursday, one new death was reported in Tulare County, bringing the total to 292. The county also reported an additional 70 cases, reaching a total of 17,800.

Madera County on Thursday reported 11 new cases, bringing the total to 5,066 infections. A total of 76 people have died.

Mariposa County added two new cases on Thursday. The total number of cases for that county is 81. Two people have died.

Merced County added 35 new cases on Thursday. In total, the county has seen 9,623 cases and 155 deaths.

Kings County added 35 new cases in a Friday morning report. The total number of cases is now 8,456 (3,793 at the state prisons in Avenal and Corcoran); deaths stand at 83.

This story was originally published October 29, 2020 at 5:17 PM.