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A day after California passed 40,000 total deaths from COVID-19, the trend of new infections and hospitalizations continued to slow statewide as public health officials see the winter wave abate.
In the Bay Area on Saturday, officials reported 1,745 new coronavirus cases and 98 new deaths, almost exactly one year after the deadly disease was first detected in California. Today, one in 1,000 state residents has died from the virus.
Los Angeles County, the most populous in the country with a quarter of the state’s nearly 40 million people, accounts for more than 40% of deaths from the virus in California. In November, the daily number of Latino deaths was 3.5 per 100,000 population. It is now 40 deaths per 100,000, an increase of over 1,100%.
In the Bay Area, the numbers are also grim.
In San Mateo County, 277 new cases and 26 new deaths have been reported – the third largest. The total number of cases in the county stands at 35,235 and 382 people have died from the virus.
In San Francisco, nine people have been declared dead from the virus while 140 people have been infected, bringing the total to 30,814 cases and 317 deaths.
Contra Costa County has reported a total of 56,575 cases of the virus and 528 deaths. Authorities reported 323 new cases and 3 new deaths on Saturday.
Alameda County officials said 518 new cases of the virus had been reported and 22 people had died, bringing the total to 73,115 cases and 959 deaths.
Santa Clara County has reported 766 new cases and 30 new deaths from the virus for a total of 100,468 cases and 1,344 deaths. The county passed the 100,000 mark on Friday.
And in North Bay’s four counties – encompassing Marin, Sonoma, Solano and Napa counties – a total of 62,816 people have been infected with the virus, with 487 new cases recorded on Saturday. A total of 608 people have died from the virus in North Bay, eight of whom were pronounced dead on Saturday.
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