Second Coronavirus Death In Alameda County

ALAMEDA, CA — The Alameda County Public Health Department reported the county's second coronavirus-related death on Tuesday, one day after the first death was reported.

Information about the victim is not immediately available.

The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Alameda County grew to 124.

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In other developments today, the Public Health Officers of seven Bay Area jurisdictions including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, with the City of Berkeley, announced an order with new reporting requirements for laboratories that test for the novel coronavirus. Laboratories must report results of tests for all residents of each jurisdiction to the ordering health care provider and the appropriate state and local health officials.

Previously only positive tests were reported, so health officers could not track the percentage of positive tests.

The City of Hayward is now offering free coronavirus testing at a specially erected testing center. No referral from a physician is required.

The center can test up to 370 people each day. Test results are available in as little as six hours or by the next day in most cases. Here's more information.

The state will close all parking lots at state parks in an effort to discourage the public from going out in close contact with others, Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a news conference.

Hospitals in California currently have 75,000 beds and plan to add another 30,000 by expanding their own facilities to meet anticipated demand. The state is looking for ways to provide another 20,000 new beds, perhaps by purchasing several hospitals that were sitting unused. A list of hospitals is not available.

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