Contra Costa County Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs: Local Cases

PINOLE AND HERCULES, CA — Contra‌ ‌Costa‌ ‌County‌ ‌health‌ ‌officials‌ ‌Thursday‌ ‌reported‌ ‌another‌ ‌243‌ ‌confirmed‌ ‌coronavirus‌ ‌infections‌ ‌and‌ ‌two‌ ‌additional‌ ‌deaths,‌ ‌including‌ ‌the‌ ‌first‌ ‌one‌ ‌in‌ ‌El‌ ‌Cerrito‌ ‌since‌ ‌the‌ ‌start‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌pandemic.‌ ‌

The‌ ‌other‌ ‌was‌ ‌in‌ ‌Walnut‌ ‌Creek.‌ ‌

The‌ ‌total‌ ‌number‌ ‌of‌ ‌cases‌ ‌recorded‌ ‌since‌ ‌early‌ ‌March‌ ‌stands‌ ‌at‌ ‌10,482,‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌death‌ ‌toll‌ ‌from‌ ‌coronavirus‌ ‌rose‌ ‌to‌ ‌151.‌ ‌

This‌ ‌has‌ ‌been‌ ‌a‌ ‌particularly‌ ‌deadly‌ ‌week.‌ ‌Seven‌ ‌deaths‌ ‌were‌ ‌reported‌ ‌on‌ ‌Tuesday,‌ ‌three‌ ‌on‌ ‌Wednesday,‌ ‌and‌ ‌two‌ ‌on‌ ‌Thursday.‌ ‌

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Hospitalizations‌ ‌are‌ ‌back‌ ‌under‌ ‌100‌ ‌patients‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌county,‌ ‌with‌ ‌95‌ ‌people‌ ‌suffering‌ ‌from‌ ‌COVID-19‌ ‌complications‌ ‌currently‌ ‌receiving‌ ‌care.‌ ‌Across‌ ‌the‌ ‌Bay‌ ‌Area,‌ ‌there‌ ‌are‌ ‌632‌ ‌patients‌ ‌hospitalized.‌

In‌ ‌Hercules‌ ‌there‌ ‌has‌ ‌been‌ ‌1‌ ‌death‌ ‌and‌ ‌153‌ ‌confirmed‌ ‌cases.‌ ‌ Pinole reports 3 deaths and 158 cases. Rodeo has had only 1 death and 73 confirmed cases.

Here's‌ ‌a‌ ‌look‌ ‌at‌ ‌all of the‌ ‌locations‌ ‌in Contra Costa County where‌ ‌deaths‌ ‌have‌ ‌occurred. The middle and last columns break down the deaths by whether they happened in long term care facilities:‌ ‌

Meanwhile, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association have released a report that shows a 40 percent increase in pediatric coronavirus cases nationwide in the last two weeks of July, with nearly 100,000 testing positive in that time.

Here in California, more than 57,000 children have been diagnosed with confirmed cases of coronavirus from the start of the pandemic through Aug. 12, making them 9.6 percent of cases.
Just one child has died of COVID-19 complications in California.

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