On Friday, the California Department of Public Health gave an update on the situation with COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, reporting that the statewide number of cases had risen to 69.
The number of cases on Friday was an increase of nine over the previous day.
California’s first COVID-19 death was reported earlier this week in Placer County. Officials there said the person who died was elderly, with underlying health conditions. That was just one of Placer County’s two COVID-19 cases.
Of the 69 COVID-19 cases reported Friday in California, the California Department of Public Health said 24 are cases of positive tests related to federal repatriation flights.
Of the other 45 cases, 22 are travel-related, 12 are person-to-person, nine are community transmission and two are under investigation, CDPH said.
There are more than 9,900 people who returned to the U.S. through San Francisco and Los Angeles airports who are self-monitoring. CDPH said 49 health jurisdictions are involved in self-monitoring.
CDPH’s state laboratory in Richmond and 14 other public health department laboratories now have tests for the virus that causes COVID-19.
The governor this week declared a state of emergency and announced that 24 million more Californians are now eligible for free medically necessary COVID-19 testing.
Health officials continue to urge Californians to use a variety of precautions, including handwashing, avoiding touching eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands, avoiding close contact with people who are sick, and staying away from work, school or other people if you become sick with respiratory symptoms like fever and cough.
State: Number of COVID-19 cases increases again
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