Health officials across the Bay Area reported ten new COVID-19 deaths as well as 707 positive cases at the end of Saturday, as the state continues to beat back the coronavirus, just after the region’s deadliest day thus far.

According to data compiled by this news organization, the new deaths bring the total of fatalities from the deadly virus to 1,295 in the nine-county Bay Area plus Santa Cruz County.

Just a day earlier, public health officials reported 34 new deaths, the most fatalities ever in the Bay Area since the pandemic began, with 29 of the deaths coming in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. In the new figures, Alameda County counted no new deaths while Santa Clara County reported four new deaths.

Across California, public health officials reported 3,125 new cases and 71 new deaths. That brings the 7-day case average to 3,304 and the 7-day death rate to about 9, both averages that have been falling since their peak in August. The total number of cases recorded in California was 758,679 as of Sunday, with a total of 14,332 deaths from the virus.

Case and death data are based on when each county publicly reported new numbers, not necessarily when those infections or fatalities occurred.

Californians are starting to breathe a sigh of relief as the state continues to beat back a wave of infections that began in June after government officials began lifting lockdown orders and some social activities to resume.

Hospitalizations for patients with coronavirus declined 4.4 percent on Thursday from the previous day to 3,142. That’s the lowest number of patients hospitalized in the state since June 14. The bulk of hospitalized patients are in Southern California, led by Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange counties.

The number of patients in intensive care unit beds with COVID-19 was also down 1.6 percent from the previous day to 1,023. That’s lower than the pre-summer surge low of 1,053 ICU patients on June 16, and it’s the fewest number of ICU patients in the state since April 3.

On Saturday, Santa Clara County reported 274 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 19,417 cases, with the four new fatalities bringing the death toll to 280. The spike came just days after the county was granted some leeway in reopening when it moved from purple to red in the state’s new risk tier system. Red, indicating “substantial spread,” is for counties with daily new case rates between 4 and 7 cases per 100,000 residents.

In Alameda County, which remains in the most restrictive purple tier, health officials reported 18 new cases and no new deaths for a total of 19,837 cases and 320 deaths. San Mateo County reported 111 new cases and no new deaths as of Saturday for a total of 9,077 cases and 139 deaths.

San Francisco, which is in the red tier, reported 75 new cases and one new death Saturday for a total of 10,263 positive cases and 90 deaths.