Latest Danville Coronavirus Updates

DANVILLE, CA — Danville residents can now see how many people in their city have tested positive for the new coronavirus after Contra Costa County started releasing more detailed patient statistics.

The numbers are updated each day. As of Tuesday 19 Danville residents, or 44 in 100,000 people, and 13 Alamo residents, or 88 in 100,000 people, had tested positive, according to the county.

As of Tuesday in Contra Costa County, there were:

• 442 confirmed COVID-19 cases
• 29 patients hospitalized
• 7 deaths
• 5,831 coronavirus tests

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Contra Costa County remains under an extended shelter-in-place order through May 3 and schools will close for the rest of this school year, the county announced Tuesday. Residents may leave the house for essential matters.

See which businesses remain open by viewing the Danville Patch Local Business Guide. Business owners can find more information about how to add their businesses at the link above.

To help support our local merchants and business owners, we encourage you to share a link to the guide with neighbors via email, text or social media. The businesses need our support.

For people who make the trek outside of their homes, California has issued a guideline on face coverings — such as cloth masks or bandanas — and said there is limited evidence to suggest that even non-medical masks could stop asymptomatic people with COVID-19 from transmitting the virus.

While residents may go outside for exercise, playgrounds, dog parks, public picnic areas, golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, pools, rock walls and other recreational areas must be closed. Only members of the same household can play sports sharing the same equipment, according to the county.

San Ramon Valley Unified School District school lunch pickup is on hold this week for spring break. Learn more about how to pick up lunches here.

Patch has not reported any additional Tri-Valley coronavirus cases this week, but several local groups have announced cases in past weeks.

On Friday and Saturday the San Ramon Valley Unified School District reported a total of three coronavirus cases in three San Ramon schools. Also on Friday the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton told members that a member had contracted the virus.
Earlier this month a resident of Sunrise Senior Living in Pleasanton was hospitalized after testing positive for the virus. No other residents were experiencing symptoms as of a week ago.
An Open Heart Kitchen volunteer in Livermore tested positive for coronavirus two weeks ago, around the same time that Bay Club in Pleasanton told members an employee who last worked in child care had tested positive for coronavirus.

Resources and Information

Read Patch's resource guide for Tri-Valley residents here.

Danville-based school lunch provider Choicelunch has started offering an online order, drive-thru grocery service. The Town of Danville is coordinating take-out zones in downtown parking spots.

Find out where to get take-out in Tri-Valley here.

Some grocery stores in Northern California have longer or senior-only hours. Learn more here.

Get tips from Tri-Valley business leaders on how to support local merchants and restaurants here.

For more on the latest in Contra Costa County, go here or call the county's call center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 844-729-8410.

Bright Spots

A shelter-in-place order hasn't kept Tri-Valley residents down. Here's what some are doing to help out their neighbors.

A local couple has used their 3D printer to create face shields for health care professionals.

Some 1,500 Tri-Valley residents have joined forces in a Facebook group to bring food shelters, give supplies to people in need, sew masks and more. The Tri-Valley Asian Association raised $9,000 to donate 23,000 supplies to Bay Area health care providers.

Natalie Reese, 17, of Danville was upset when her prom was canceled. But she got glammed up, danced with her dad, and organized an international digital prom.

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