California breaks multiple coronavirus records in one day amid explosive surge By KTVU Staff article Nurse Rosemary MacLeod (left) and nurse Pauline Tran put on their personal protective equipment before performing Covid-19 tests at Laguna Honda hospital on Thursday, June 25, 2020 in San Francisco, California.(Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chron Expand California broke a series of coronavirus records Friday after reporting an additional 35,468 new positive cases. Figures provided by the state show the highest single-day total so far, based on the latest data from December 10. It saw the most patients hospitalized with the virus, at just over 12,000, and the highest number of patients in intensive care, 2,669.