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San Mateo County Health reported an increase of 112 cases as well as three Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the county's case count to 12,049 and the number of fatalities to 165 as of Tuesday.
"We know that many people feel exhausted, isolated and impatient. It's hard work, but we must do more," commented state Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly.
According to the specialist, the average positivity rate of the state's tests during the last seven days stands at 4.2 percent, its highest level since late August and early September.
As a result, the state has the highest number of counties in the most restrictive level (purple) since the first week of October, as well as its lowest number of counties in the least restrictive level (yellow) since late September.
It should be noted that in other areas of the Bay, such as Contra Costa and Santa Cruz counties, much more restrictive reopening measures were imposed on Tuesday, significantly reducing the capacity of people inside restaurants and gyms.
It should be noted that both counties were only two weeks at a level orange or level 3, however, this Tuesday they returned to level red or level 2, due to an increase in new cases of Covid-19.
Contra Costa and Santa Cruz joined nine other counties that moved to more restrictive levels on Tuesday, while no counties moved to a less restrictive level.
For Dr. Gail Newel, Santa Cruz County health officer, the recent increase in new cases is partially related to residents celebrating Halloween with people from other households.
Newel also said that many of the new cases in Santa Cruz County have occurred in young people, who are fully capable of transmitting the virus to more at-risk populations, even if they have mild symptoms.
"We are entering a particularly dangerous period of the pandemic. We ask everyone to meet this challenge by taking whatever steps are necessary to protect one another," he said.
As of Thursday, more than 995,600 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 18,100 deaths related to the coronavirus have been recorded in California, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
In the United States, there are more than 10,415,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 241,907 deaths related to the new coronavirus.
While worldwide there are just over 52 million 304 thousand confirmed cases and 1 million 287 thousand deaths reported as of Thursday morning.
San Mateo County: 112 new cases of COVID-19
