Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp UPDATE, THURSDAY: California Public Health today confirmed cases to date of 683,529, up 4,430 over Wednesday, with 12,550 deaths, up 143 over yesterday.
Both numbers are a slight downtrend from Wednesday.EARLIER: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced what he called “a new partnership” in coronavirus testing.
He said he was taking the action in anticipation of the stress the flu season will put on the testing system.“We have averaged roughly 100,000 tests in the state,” said Newsom.
Average turnaround time for results is “anywhere from 5 up to 7 days after the test.” Newsom acknowledged that Developing a partnership with PerkinElmer to “build out a new Laboratory in California with full supply chain.” Newsom said.
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