SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) A Silicon Valley energy company is expanding COVID test lab capacity in hopes it could speed up the return of businesses and schools to normal. Health is a vital part of Building A Better Bay Area.
This $1.5 million laboratory represents a unique private-public partnership to add virus testing capability in the Bay Area. This economy simply cannot wait for months to get back, so we think it s really essential, said KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy CEO.
Even with the promise of vaccines, Bloom Energy believes this lab will accelerate the ability for Bay Area companies, schools and universities to return to normal. Using a system developed by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, it can process 10,000 tests per day with same-day results, using a proprietary saliva test.
Vanderburgh County s current run of coronavirus-related deaths began on Oct. 20, when the county reported a new and still-standing one-day record of 10 deaths attributable to COVID-19. That brought the county s coronavirus death toll in one day from 50 to 60.
7-day positivity rate among individual Hoosiers reaches 26.3%
An additional 7,360 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Friday, bringing Indiana s total to 404,935 cases.
Warrick County has reported 4,138 cases and 77 deaths attributable to COVID-19, Posey 1,523 cases and 22 deaths and Gibson County, 2,506 total cases and 44 deaths.
Vanderburgh County s seven-day positivity rate among individuals dropped slightly to 22.3% Friday. The number covers the period Nov. 28-Dec. 4. The overall positivity rate among individuals is 16.7%.