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  • City sees 10% spike in new covid cases

    Jamie Stewart, The Shafter Press|Updated Sep 16, 2020

    Shafter saw 47 new cases of covid-19 in the last week, which is an increase of about 10 percent over the week before. With most of the businesses in town following the safety precautions set by the Kern County Public Health Department and the city launching a campaign urging residents to wear masks when shopping or going downtown, Shafter had seen its fight against the virus take a turn for the better until last week. Shafter has now had 1,147 confirmed cases since the pandemi...