There were 70 new coronavirus cases in Monterey County, with total cases now at 12,312. There were eleven new hospitalizations and no new deaths reported. The latest data shows that we have 110 more cases this week than the week before, and 140 more than two weeks ago, a 40% increase. Nationwide, this is the fifth consecutive day that the number of new cases have been over 100K. Deaths came in at 841, bringing the cume total to 237,875. In California, there were over 5K new cases, with a total of 974K reported. There were 25 new deaths, for a total of 17,967.