(Active COVID Cases go way up).....Updated COVID numbers were released Thursday morning.

The numbers are released by the County Public Health Department and the Center For Desease Control and Prevention. Since last Thursday, active cases of COVID 19 in Imperial County have increased by 170. Last week active COVID Cases were reported at 741. This week there are reportedly 911 active cases in Imperial County. This increase could be part of an anticipated Fourth of July Holiday surge. The new cases per day per 100,000 are now at 42.90, with a positivity rate of 33.4%.. The CDC says there are currently 16 COVID patients hospitalized in the county. Six of them are in Intensive Care. The cases of COVID do not appear to be as severe as they had been a few months ago. Public Health attributes that to the fact over 95% of the population in Imperial County has been vaccinated. Deaths attributed to the virus remain at 941.