California recorded the most COVID-19 deaths in a single day in over a week on Friday, with 98 new fatalities bringing the total to 2,131.

That’s the deadliest day for COVID-19 in the state since April 22, when 118 people died from the virus, according to data compiled by this news organization. On Friday, county public health agencies throughout the state also reported 1,891 new cases of coronavirus, a 3.8 percent increase from Thursday for a total of 52,152 cases in the state.

The 518 COVID-19 death reported in the state between April 25 and May 1 is a 19 percent decline from the 643 deaths reported during the previous week.

Most of the new cases and deaths reported Friday were in Southern California, including Orange County where protesters have rallied against shelter in place measures instituted by California and county health agencies to slow the spread of the virus, measures supported by nearly three-quarters of state residents. Of the 98 deaths reported Friday, 61 were in Los Angeles, 10 in San Diego, seven in Riverside and five in Orange.

The entire Bay Area reported 11 deaths on Friday, three each in San Mateo and San Francisco counties, two each in Santa Clara and Alameda counties and one in Contra Costa County.

The state also tested more than 19,400 people for coronavirus on Friday, a slight increase from the previous day’s roughly 18,300 tests and a significant increase from about 13,100 tests conducted two weeks ago on April 17. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area health departments have pointed at testing capacity as a key metric for when they might begin to relax shelter in place restrictions.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 declined 2 percent on Friday, to 3,428 and the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds remained unchanged, at 1,192. Larger declines were seen in the number of patients hospitalized or in ICU beds who are suspected to have COVID-19 but whose infection hasn’t yet been confirmed. Both groups declined by 14 percent on Friday, which Newsom called “slightly encouraging” even as he cautioned the state could backslide against the virus if it wasn’t careful.