The latest numbers from the Imperial County Public Health Department show the county has moved a bit backwards in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thursday's numbers show that the new cases per day per 100,000 population has gone up to 11.03. The positivity rate is 8.8% , also a slight increase from Wednesday's numbers. The number of active cases dipped to 288 but there are now 323 deaths  related to the virus , an increase of three from the previous day.