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Maritza Maldonado holds a photo of her sister Miriam (left), who died from COVID-19 complications last May.
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Health workers announced there were 64 new COVID-19 cases among Shasta County residents over the weekend: 50 confirmed positive on Friday and 14 on Saturday.
Those cases pushed the total case number to 11,463 since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to a public health report issued Monday.
Health workers also reported six coronavirus patients were in Shasta County hospitals because of the virus, two of whom are in intensive care units.
No new fatalities were reported, keeping the total number of Shasta County COVID-19 deaths at 208 since the pandemic began.
Event restrictions relax, more eligible for vaccine
Any Shasta County resident age 16 or older is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in the county.