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Total Number Of COVID-19 Cases On Central, South Coasts Tops 136,000 Mark

Rate of growth remains slow

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Central and South Coasts moved past the 136,000 mark.

137 new cases were reported from Saturday through Monday. That includes 76 in Ventura County, 58 in Santa Barbara County, and just three over the three days in San Luis Obispo County. The Tri-Counties total now stands at 136,127 cases.

All three counties are currently in the state’s Orange COVID-19 reopening tier. No new deaths were reported over the three days, with the total for the region standing at 1719.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.