California’s Daily Covid Case Count Hits New Summer Surge High After ICU Capacity Hits New Low
While state and local officials have generally remarked that Covid cases in California seem to be plateauing, today brought a new daily high for this summer’s surge. The 14,968 new cases reported today is the highest number of new infections the state has seen since January 31, and well above the 2020 summer surge peak of 12,614 on August 14 of that year. It should be noted that the state data dashboard shows 33,407 new cases on August 1, 2021, but that number likely includes a very substantial count from the day before, which has 0 new cases listed.