Health & Fitness
San Mateo County Reports 149 New Coronavirus Cases, No Deaths
There were 36 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in San Mateo County as of Monday, of which eight were being treated in intensive care units.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County Health reported 149 additional coronavirus cases Monday.
The latest report, which covers a two-day period going back to Saturday, brings the countywide case count to 10,275.
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The county reported no additional coronavirus-related fatalities Monday, leaving its COVID-19 death toll at 152.
There were 36 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in San Mateo County as of Monday, of which eight were being treated in intensive care units.
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Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, the Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday will consider a cap on fees local restaurants pay online ordering and delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently, some local restaurants and the business advocacy group Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association came to the city requesting a temporary cap of 15 percent charged by third-party services including DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats.
These delivery service companies, a city report says, have been charging between 10 and 30 percent per order when customers order food through the delivery service's app or restaurant website.
Whereas before the COVID-19 pandemic these fees didn't necessarily have a substantial impact on local restaurants, with indoor dining suspended since March, restaurants in Walnut Creek are now reliant on delivery/take-out orders for upwards of 70 percent of their business operations.
The fees on these orders, the city report says, present a significant impact on restaurants' profitability.
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There have been 835,428 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,171 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Monday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The United States had 7,455,184 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 210,155 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Monday afternoon.
There have been 35,398,010 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,042,679 deaths reported globally as of Monday afternoon.
— Bay City News contributed to this report
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