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CoronavirusSanta Clara County records 84 new COVID-19 cases, for total of 459

Santa Clara County records 84 new COVID-19 cases, for total of 459

The Public Health Department for the County of Santa Clara announced today that 84 more county residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, bringing the countywide total up to 459.

In addition, today, 1 more county death from the virus was recorded, meaning 17 Santa Clara County residents have died from the virus.

Said Public Health Department staff on Twitter, “We express our heartfelt condolences to their family and friends.” 

 Health experts have been informing the public that in California and elsewhere throughout the United States, as coronavirus testing capacity increases, the numbers of confirmed cases will accordingly spike. Rising case numbers are therefore to be expected in the days and weeks to come.

 

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Eric Shapiro
Eric Shapiro
Eric Shapiro is a writer & filmmaker. As a screenwriter, he’s won a Fade In Award and written numerous feature films in development by companies including WWE, Mandalay Sports Media, Game1, and Select Films. He is also the resident script doctor for Rebel Six Films (producers of A&E’s “Hoarders”). As a journalist, Eric’s won a California Journalism Award and is co-owner and editor of The Milpitas Beat, a Silicon Valley newspaper with tens of thousands of monthly readers that has won the Golden Quill Award as well as the John Swett Award for Media Excellence. As a filmmaker, Eric’s directed award-winning feature films that have premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, and Shriekfest, and been endorsed by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Eric’s apocalyptic novella “It’s Only Temporary” appears next to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” on Nightmare Magazine’s list of the 100 Best Horror Novels of All Time. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Rhoda, and their two sons.