Reporter Santa Clara County and Alameda County had similar totals but the south bay with 280 new cases and 2 deaths. We are seeing significant challenges. We had an increase of the number of people coming up and testing positive and also had an increase of younger people getting sicker. Reporter Governor Newsom said hes extending the moratorium pass the deadline and chavez said santa clara will follow suit, which is good news for renters, except its being done because the covid situation is getting worse. Robert handia, nbc bay area news. As cases continue to grow, ite who test positive. The average right now over a twoweek period, 7. 4 . The governor said if that gets above 8 , its extremely alarming. If we look at several counties, several are above that. L. A. County, 7. 5 , San Bernardino county, 11. 5 . Compare that with the bay area. Our positive rates are lower. Santa clara at 4 now. San mateo and alameda both hovering around 5 . San francisco with the lowest on this map at 3 .