A day after California surpassed 40,000 total deaths due to COVID-19, the trend of new infections and hospitalizations across the country slowed as health officials saw the winter rush decrease.
In the Bay, officials on Saturday reported 1,745 new cases of the coronavirus and 98 new deaths, almost exactly a year after the deadly disease was first detected in California. Now one in every 1,000 state residents has died from the virus.
Los Angeles County, the most populous state with a quarter of the state’s nearly 40 million inhabitants, has more than 40 percent of the virus deaths in California. In November, the daily death toll in Latino was 3.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. That’s now 40 deaths per 100,000, an increase of more than 1,100 percent.
In the Bay, the numbers are grim, too.
In San Mateo County, 277 new cases and 26 new deaths were reported – the third most ever. The total number of cases in the province stands at 35,235 and 382 people have died from the virus.
In San Francisco, nine people died as a result of the virus, while 140 people were infected, bringing the total to 30,814 cases and 317 deaths.
Contra Costa County reported 56,575 cases of the virus and 528 deaths in total. On Saturday, officials reported 323 new cases and 3 new deaths.
According to Alameda County officials, 518 new cases of the virus have been reported and 22 people have died, bringing the total to 73,115 cases and 959 deaths.
Santa Clara County reported 766 new cases and 30 new deaths due to the virus for a total of 100,468 cases and 1,344 deaths. The province surpassed the 100,000 milestone on Friday.
And in the province of North Bay, which contains Marin, Sonoma, Solano and Napa, a total of 62,816 people were infected with the virus, including 487 new cases recorded on Saturday. A total of 608 people died of the virus in the North Bay, eight of whom died on Saturday.