Fresno County adds 30 new coronavirus cases. Tulare County reports a new death
Fresno County has added 30 new coronavirus infections to its total of 1,944 cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials said in the Wednesday afternoon update.
The county did not report any deaths Wednesday, the day after the total rose by one to 37 fatal cases.
Of the deaths in Fresno County, 22 have been attributed to an outbreak at the Dycora Transitional Health and Living in Fresno.
The skilled nursing facility has now reported more deaths then all but three skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County, where there are dozens of more nursing homes and a population more than nine times the size of Fresno County.
The only nursing home in the region with more coronavirus deaths is Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia. Twenty-nine deaths have been attributed to that facility.
Tulare County confirmed an additional death in its Wednesday update, which makes for 90 deaths related to COVID-19, health officials said. The county has tallied 2,206 positive cases, which is 22 more than the day prior.
The rest of the Valley
Kings County reported a new death late Tuesday to bring the total to six fatal cases. Twenty-two new cases of coronavirus bring the total to 538, not counting the 630 inmates who have tested positive in Avenal State Prison.
No inmates have died from the infection, but the late Tuesday report added eight new positive cases from the prison to the total.
Mariposa County health officials said they have counted 16 cases and a single death, numbers that haven’t changed in at least a week.
Merced County has two new cases to bring the total to 310 since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials said Wednesday. No new deaths have been reported this week in the county that has seen seven total.
Madera County did not report a new death on Wednesday after tallying its third the day before. With a dozen new cases this week, Madera has had 129 cases since the pandemic began, health officials said.
Almost 107,000 people have died nationwide since the pandemic, including nearly 4,300 Californians, according to The COVID Tracking Project and Johns Hopkins University CSSE.
This story was originally published June 3, 2020 at 4:07 PM.
