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Two more Stanislaus County residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the total to 30 deaths, according to the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency.

The number of positive cases grew to 767, with 136 presumed active as of Tuesday. On Friday, the number of positive cases was at 699 with 104 presumed active.

Within the last 24 hours there have been 17 new cases and one death.

Of the 30 deaths, 18 have been among former and current residents at Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The same company that owns the Turlock facility — Covenant Care — also owns the Vintage Faire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Modesto, which recently reported a small cluster of cases. The company said on their website that six residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and that one of those residents has died from the virus. All other residents and staff at the Modesto facility have been tested and none of those results came back positive.

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California recorded 92 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the fatal toll of the virus in the state to 4,084, starting with Patricia Dowd, 57, who died in her East San Jose home in February 6, weeks before the rapid spread of the virus prompted an unprecedented shelter-in-place order.

California counties also reported 2,959 new COVID-19 cases, just one shy of the most new cases reported in a single day, a record set on Tuesday. New cases have spiked statewide and in parts of the Bay Area, although it’s hard to know if that’s indicative of the continued spread of the virus or a result of a ramp-up in COVID-19 testing.

The state now has a seven-day average of 2,313 new daily cases — the highest daily average since the start of the pandemic — and 59.6 new daily deaths. New deaths have been slowly declining over the past week after averaging more than 70 new daily fatalities for most of May.

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EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — As much of California begins allowing businesses to reopen amid improved coronavirus conditions, a farming region bordering Mexico is experiencing a spike in hospitalizations that some believe is driven by American citizens who live in Mexico coming to the U.S. for care.

How quickly different parts of California reopen depends on the ability by county officials to control the virus. So the surge in the Imperial Valley region could hurt its perpetually struggling economy, which is heavily intertwined with the large industrial city of Mexicali, Mexico.

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Two more Stanislaus County residents have died of the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday, bringing the total to 17.

Both women had “underlying medical conditions,” the county Health Services Agency said in a news release. That was the case for all 15 of the other men and women who have died, including nine at Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

The East Tuolumne Road center reported the ninth death Tuesday. An online update Wednesday said 95 residents and 36 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The resident figure includes people who were retested.

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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Merced County rose to 142 on Sunday, six weeks after the first report of a county resident testing positive.

Two new cases were reported in a Sunday afternoon update from the Merced County Department of Public Health. Of the confirmed cases, 60 are active while 79 people have recovered and three have died.

The number of recovered patients was reduced by one after a recovered person became symptomatic and re-tested positive for COVID-19, according to health officials.

Los Banos and Merced have the most positive cases reported with 38 each, according to the county Health Department figures.

A total of 16 cases have been reported in Delhi, with nine in both Atwater and Livingston. The communities of Gustine and Winton have both recorded eight cases, according to health officials.

There have been 53,949 confirmed cases and 2,190 deaths statewide, the county Health Department stated.

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