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Health Expert Sees Hopeful Signs In New Bay Area COVID-19 Infection Statistics

UC Berkeley epidemiologist Art Reingold says the average number of infections has gone down in recent weeks.

(CBS San Francisco )

January 09, 2021

REDWOOD CITY (KPIX) — While the majority of the coronavirus crisis continues to unfold in Southern California, the state extended the Bay Area’s regional stay-at-home order Saturday. It was an expected move after ICU availability in the region dropped to 3%.

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“As best we can tell the reproductive number — the average number of infections, the number of infections one person produces — has gone down in recent weeks,” said UC Berkeley epidemiologist Art Reingold.

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