Coronavirus live updates: What we know Friday about COVID-19 in the North State – Record Searchlight

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5:35 p.m., Friday June 12

Nail salons, tattoo parlors and other personal services are now allowed to reopen in Shasta County, while outdoor attendance at places of worship and other First Amendment-protected gatherings is now allowed without size restrictions as long as people keep their distance.

The state is recommending June 19 for a reopening date, but the county says as long as businesses have plans to meet its guidelines, they can open now.To see the state guidelines for the latest businesses allowed to reopen, go tohttps://covid19.ca.gov/pdf/expanded-personal-services.pdf.

Besides nail salons, the change applies to estheticians, body art, tattoo parlors, electrology, piercings, massage therapy that's not in a medical setting and cosmetology.

The latest reopening changes for the county also allow people to gather without restriction at outdoor worship services and other First Amendment-protected gatherings as long as they stay at least 6 feet from those not in their own household.

Meanwhile, the county doesn't have any new virus cases today, and its new COVID tracker is available at shastaready.org.

7 a.m., Friday, June 12

Shasta County's newest coronavirus patient is also its youngest yet a girl under 13, the county reported late Thursday.

The girl is in isolation at home. She had symptoms of the illness, while many who have tested positive recently including some elderly residents have been asymptomatic.

No additional details were immediately available.

Christa Blake, left, and other employees at DeVons Jewelers prepare for the store to reopen on Monday morning, May 18, 2020 inside Mt. Shasta Mall. She planned to put on her face mask after placing an item in the display case. It was the mall's first day reopening, about two months since it closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. J.C. Penney and Macy's, the mall's anchor stores, remained closed.(Photo: Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)

The county has now had 48 cases with four deaths.

Glenn County was the only otherin the region to record a new case Thursday, bringing its total to 24. But by Friday, Tehama County recorded a whopping eight new cases, bringing its total to 20, while Butte County's caseload rose to 74 and Mendocino's to 38.

In other local virus news, the county on Wednesday announced a new online "COVID alert" that will let residents more easily track the disease as more businesses reopen.

The county's shastaready.org website will soon havegraphs and more showingdisease transmission, impacts on hospitals and other medical providers, and the countys ability to contain the disease.

Health Officer Dr. Karen Ramstrom said the new tracker will be up by the end of the week.

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There also will be a color-coded graphic online to score how the county is doing, Ramstrom said.

A sign at the entrance of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area tells visitors to social distance due to coronavirus concerns on Friday, April 24, 2020.(Photo: Matthew Brannon/Record Searchlight)

In far Northern California, here's where COVID-19 case totals stand, according to reporting from county health departments.

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Coastal counties:

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Here's what the state'snumbers look like as of Friday evening:

Coronavirus testing began at Shasta College on Thursday, April 30, 2020. One of the site's workers, Mckenna Adams, provided a test demonstration for reporters.(Photo: Matthew Brannon/Record Searchlight)

Here's how California's coronavirus cases break down by age and more:

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Here's the caseload nationwide and worldwide as of Friday afternoon:

Source: Johns Hopkins University.

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