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One New Coronavirus Death In Contra Costa County Thursday
Here are the latest cases in El Cerrito.
EL CERRITO, CA — The death toll for COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, rose by one in Contra Costa County on Thursday to eight, Contra Costa Health Services reports. The total number of confirmed cases went up by 23, to 484.
In El Cerrito, the confirmed number of cases is 6.
The number of coronavirus deaths on Thursday at 2 p.m.:
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- California: 507
- United States: 16,267
- World: 94,807
The City of Berkeley, which has its own health department, reported its first coronavirus death Thursday.
The City of Fremont began closing several parking lots at Central Park where popular Lake Elizabeth is located on Thursday, in a effort to keep people from driving into the area.
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Good news: a group of high school students is raising money to purchase personal protective equipment (PPEs) for Bay Area hospitals, including a junior at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland.
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