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California Coronavirus Update: Daily Cases Explode, Set Record; Gov. Newsom On Verge Of Issuing Strict Shutdown Order As Numbers Rocket Upward

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One day after California’s largest city saw what officials there called the “worst day” of the pandemic so far with it’s highest ever daily new Covid-19 case count, the state itself shattered the previous daily cases record it set just last week.On Wednesday, the CA Covid-19 dashboard indicated that 20,759 new cases had been reported over the past 24 hours.

That’s nearly 2,500 more cases than the previous high of 18,350. Even worse, as testing numbers have generally trended upward, the state’s test positivity rate has skyrocketed, as well.The 14-day test positivity rate sat at 5.6% one week ago.

On Tuesday, that number skyrocketed to 6.5%. Over the past 24 hours, it rose nearly a half percent to 6.9%. In a state as large as California, that

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