Coronavirus updates: California death toll past 3,500 as over 100 die for 2nd straight day

California this week experienced two of its highest single-day death tolls since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, reaching triple digits twice. A total of 132 people died between the state Department of Health’s official COVID-19 updates Tuesday and Wednesday, rising from 3,304 to 3,436 fatalities. Another 106 died between Wednesday and Thursday for a current total of 3,542 …