Coronavirus Curve Bending in California as Number of Cases Slows

California Governor Gavin Newsom says the state's coronavirus curve is "bending" and that while it continues to rise, it is not doing so at the double-digit rate it was just a week ago. The governor says that therer are now 15,865 confirmed cases in the state. That's a 10.7 percent increase on yesterday. Hospitalizations jumped by 2,611 or 4.1 percent and ICU bed numbers by 1,108 or 2.1 percent. The number of fatalities also continue to rise, with 31 newly reported deaths, bringing that total to 374 across the state. close