How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Reported In El Cerrito?

EL CERRITO, CA — There are 9 coronavirus cases reported in El Cerrito, according to Contra Costa County health officials Monday. The cities with the largest number of cases are Richmond with 95, followed by Concord with 74, and then Antioch with 64.

The total for Contra Costa County is just shy of 820. As for deaths, 25 have been recorded in the county, a number that has not increased since Friday.

The number of people hospitalized for complications of COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, has fallen to 25.

Worldwide, the number of coronavirus cases topped 3 million on Monday, while the U.S. total approaches 1 million.

Specifically, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, California has 1,724 deaths, and 43,801 cases.

The U.S. has reported 55,637 deaths, and 980,008 cases.

And globally, there have been 209,799 reported deaths and 3,020,117 confirmed cases.

Meanwhile, six Bay Area counties, including Alameda, have extended shelter-in-place orders through the end of May, officials announced Monday. They said that while the region has made progress in slowing the spread of the new coronavirus, continued restrictions are needed to avoid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.

The orders, first issued March 16, were set to expire May 3 in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

The new order will largely keep the same restrictions in place but with "limited easing of specific restrictions for a small number of lower-risk activities," officials said. Further details will be provided later this week.

While hospital admissions have leveled, lifting restrictions too early could cause a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 cases, they said.

"Thanks to the collective effort and sacrifice of the 7 million residents across our jurisdictions, we have made substantial progress in slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus," the seven health officers said in a statement.

When first announced, the Bay Area's order was the boldest containment measure anywhere in the United States but has since been replicated in nearly every state.

California, whose testing rate still lags behind dozens of other states, eventually hopes to test at least 60,000 people each day, up from the current 16,000.

- Patch editor Nick Garber contributed to this report.

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