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Berkeley health officer announces city’s first Covid-19 death
Berkeley Health Officer Dr. Lisa Hernandez announced Thursday that a resident in their 40s has died of the new coronavirus, the first such death the city has seen so...Read More
Second Napa County resident dies from coronavirus complications
The Napa County Public Health Division on Friday reported the county’s second death from the novel coronavirus. The second death was a City of Napa resident who was being...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 update: Some districts close schools rest of year, deputies to only cite for some offenses
An emergency paid sick leave ordinance recommendation was passed unanimously by the San Jose City Council during a special meeting Wednesday, setting the stage for its approval next week....Read More
Santa Cruz County reports first coronavirus-related death
The Santa Cruz County Public Health Division on Sunday announced the county’s first death due to novel coronavirus. The victim, who died Saturday, was a man in his early...Read More
Bay Area Covid-19 evening update: Union procures millions of masks, regional cases surpass 1,400
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected Friday to take up and pass the massive $2 trillion CARES Act stimulus package passed by the U.S. Senate earlier this week....Read More
San Francisco reports first coronavirus-related death
Health officials Tuesday evening announced the first novel coronavirus-related death in San Francisco. The Department of Emergency Management said the person was a male in his 40s who had...Read More
Elderly Alameda County resident dies from coronavirus
The Alameda County Public Health Department on Monday announced the county’s first death caused by the novel coronavirus. County health officials said in a news release that the person...Read More
Two more coronavirus patients die in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County public health officials on Friday confirmed two more deaths due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the county’s death toll to eight. The seventh death was a...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
Sixth person dies from coronavirus in Santa Clara County
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced the confirmation Wednesday of the county’s sixth death due to the novel coronavirus. The victim was a man in his 60s...Read More
Santa Clara County announces fifth coronavirus-related death
Santa Clara County announced its fifth death from the novel coronavirus Tuesday. The victim was an adult man in his 50s who was hospitalized on March 9 and died...Read More
Bay Area coronavirus update: rising numbers, campus closures, cruise ship evacuation
San Francisco’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases, or COVID-19, jumped to 13 since the announcement of the first two cases by health officials last week. On Friday,...Read More
Health officer calls first Santa Clara County COVID-19 death ‘tragic development’
"The Public Health Department is taking necessary, carefully considered steps to slow down the spread of the disease and protect those at greatest risk."Read More