State remains steady despite deadly day in SoCal

There were more deaths reported Tuesday in California than on any other day in more than two weeks, according to data compiled by this news organization, but the daily average remained near its lowest point since the first week of July.

Counties around the state reported a total of 151 new fatalities from COVID-19 on Tuesday — including more than 100 of those between four counties in Southern California — slightly increasing the average over the past week to about 84 per day.

California’s seven- day average of cases remained about flat, at about 3,275 per day, after there were another 3,260 new cases reported Tuesday. That figure dipped Sunday and

Monday for the first time in weeks, to its lowest point since June 16.

In the past two weeks, California’s average daily cases are down about 5%, while average daily deaths have declined by about 23%. Compared to a month ago, however, deaths are still down about 24%, while the decline in cases is much more pronounced: 38% — a sign of how the state’s slowdown in cases has tailed off in recent weeks.

Ora n ge C ount y re - ported its highest singleday death count of the pandemic with 33 fatalities Tuesday. Only Los Angeles County, the most populous in the state and the nation, accounted for a larger share of the statewide death toll Tuesday. There were 36 new deaths reported in LA, followed by 33 in Orange County, 27 in San Bernardino and 10 in Riverside County.