Coronavirus state tracker: 11,502 new cases, 173 new deaths on August 18

After nearly two weeks of declining hospitalizations in California, the numbers rose slightly. There were 23 new patients Monday and 28 new patients Tuesday, Aug. 18, for a total of  6,360.
The 6,360 hospitalized patients is a 16.6% decrease from 14 days ago with 30% of ICU beds available across the state.
The state’s COVID-19 dashboard shows there have been 113,240 new cases in the last 14 days.
The state’s testing positivity rate is 6.5% with 1,743,325 tests in the last 14 day