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California pastor threatens to defy coronavirus order as Georgia reports youngest fatality - NBC News
Aug 08, 2020 48 secs

A pastor in California is threatening to defy a court order barring indoor services at his church while Georgia reports that a 7-year-old has become the youngest person in the state to die from the coronavirus.

California has seen an uptick in coronavirus deaths, even though the the number of new cases has declined slightly over the past two weeks, according to an NBC News tally.

The state reported 8,436 new cases of the virus Thursday, bringing its total to 538,416.

Over 10,000 people have been killed by the virus, according to state data.

In Ventura County, there has been a total of 8,245 coronavirus cases and 82 deaths as of Friday, according to county data.

Georgia has had a total of 209,004 positive coronavirus cases and 1,969 deaths, according to state data.

As of Saturday morning, South Dakota reported a total of 9,371 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 144 deaths, according to the state Department of Health website

Coronavirus cases nationwide surpassed 5 million on Saturday, according to NBC News' tally

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