Santa Clara County Reports 1,067 New Coronavirus Cases, 29 Deaths

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 1,067 additional coronavirus cases Thursday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 95,936.

The county reported 29 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 1,158.

There were 601 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the county as of Thursday of which 142 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, Contra Costa County Health Services has developed a new Live Vaccine Dashboard on its website that includes multiple data points as the COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more widely available and making their way into local communities.

Information on the dashboard includes the numbers of people who have received the vaccine (first and second doses) and various demographics of those who have been vaccinated, including gender, age, ethnicity and location.

The dashboard can be accessed here.

Figures on COVID-19 vaccinations are coming soon to San Mateo County, health officials said Wednesday.

During a COVID-19 media briefing, the deputy chief of the San Mateo County Health Department said that the county will post more vaccination information on its website by next week.

Srija Srinivasan said the county is taking its time to ensure that data is accurate before sharing with the public.

"There's a lot of messiness in the data that we're working through and we want to make sure it's accurate before communicating to the public in a way that's really aiming to earn trust and keep trust," Srinivasan said.

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to extend an ordinance providing emergency paid sick leave to some workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The emergency ordinance went into effect immediately and aims to help minimize the spread of the coronavirus.

It is especially relevant to low-wage, frontline workers during the pandemic who may feel compelled to work when they have the coronavirus if they don't have paid sick leave.

"The very workers we depend on to navigate this crisis must be able to protect themselves and their families," Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Sheng Thao said in a letter summarizing the ordinance.

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There have been 3,095,814 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 35,324 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Thursday night according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 24,626,879 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 409,877 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Thursday night.

There have been 97,460,188 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2,088,392 coronavirus-related deaths reported globally as of Thursday night.

— Bay City News contributed to this report