Here’s the Health Department update of COVID numbers for Saturday, which hadn’t been posted when I called it quits yesterday.

Total cases: 868,219 an additional 1,403 since Friday,.

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Active cases: 12,840, up from 11,903

Deaths: 11,589 an increase of four

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Hospitalized: 246, up from 245

In ICU:  54, up from 50

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On ventilators:  11, down from 12

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