The Thursday morning update from the Imperial County Public Health Department shows that the number of positive tests for the COVID-19 virus continues to spike.

The results of 784 tests were included in the update and they showed that an additional 468 individuals tested positive for the virus in the 24 hour period. Of those individuals testing positive , an additional 191 are considered active. Wednesdays update showed 2,025 positive cases while Thursday's numbers were 2,493. The active cases on Wednesday was at 1010 while on Thursday it was 1,201. There was one additional death reported Thursday bring the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the county to 30.