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Exhausted county health officials plead with residents to get vaccinated
Contra Costa County health officials on Tuesday used their regular Covid-19 briefing time before the Board of Supervisors to implore — sometimes emotionally — people to get vaccinated. County...Read More
County reports 20 Covid deaths in past week, adjusts response for long haul
Covid-19-related death rates in Contra Costa County are now higher than any time since March, and nearly all of the new county cases involve the delta variant of the...Read More
Contra Costa County offers vaccine to all residents 16 and older
Contra Costa County health officials announced Tuesday that Covid-19 vaccines are now available to all those age 16 and older who live or work in the county. County officials opened...Read More
Martinez inmate in isolation after positive Covid-19 test
Contra Costa Health Services announced Wednesday that an inmate at the Martinez Detention Facility has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. The patient tested positive Tuesday while Contra Costa...Read More
Contra Costa County reports first death related to coronavirus
Contra Costa County health officials confirmed Friday morning the county’s first death related to the novel coronavirus. The patient, in their 70s, died Thursday in a hospital in the...Read More