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Coronavirus update: 65 new deaths in Fresno; California Republican tests positive [The Fresno Bee]
Jan. 2 Fresno County on New Year’s Day reported 65 new fatal cases of COVID-19 amid fears of a looming surge from the end of the year holidays, according to health officials.
The county has seen 711 deaths among its 66,442 cases of the coronavirus recorded since the pandemic began in March. The county does not report deaths daily, and Friday’s tally was the first in 10 days.
Also, on Friday, Fresno County tallied 1,042 new cases.
With an average of 715 cases a day for the past seven days, Fresno County also has 628 hospitalized patients. There were 10 open and staffed beds in the intensive care units as of Saturday.