Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia passed the grim milestone of 200,461 coronavirus cases on Friday morning amid more worrying reports about the rising number of new infections.The state saw a 2.5 percent rise over the previous day’s total, a number that came with its own concerning context.California Governor Gavin Newsom warned on Thursday that “We’ve seen 56,000 new cases just in the past 14 days.” That’s over a quarter of the [then] total 195,000 cases identified so far.
Some of that can be attributed to increased testing, said Newsom. But not all of it.The state reported 4,890 new cases on Friday.
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