California tallied 10,356 newly-reported confirmed cases on Friday. That number had skyrocketed up from just 7,457 reported on Thursday, a 39% jump in one day.
It’s the biggest 24-hour jump in cases the region has seen this year, according to the state Covid data dashboard.The jump, while still surprisingly large, makes more since when one takes into account the surging number daily of cases per 100,000.
On July 4, the 7-day average number of cases per 100,000 was 4.6. On Wednesday, that number had risen to 12.7. Just 48 hours later, it had pushed to 14.9, an average of one point per day.
Increasing cases are largely among unvaccinated populations, according to state officials. For the week of July 14-20, the average case rate among
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