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San Mateo County Reports 3 New Coronavirus Deaths, 72 Cases

There were 74 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in San Mateo County as of Friday, of which 18 were being treated in intensive care units.

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County Health reported three additional coronavirus-related deaths Friday.

The latest report brings the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 117.

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The county reported 72 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the countywide case count to 4,957.

There were 74 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in San Mateo County as of Friday, of which 18 were being treated in intensive care units.

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Here is a breakdown of cases by city as of Friday:

  • Atherton: 26 cases
  • Belmont: 76 cases
  • Brisbane: 12 cases
  • Broadmoor: <10 cases
  • Burlingame: 109 cases
  • Colma: 11 cases
  • Daly City: 728 cases
  • East Palo Alto: 488 cases
  • El Granada: 18 cases
  • Emerald Hills: 14 cases
  • Foster City: 67 cases
  • Half Moon Bay: 87 cases
  • Hillsborough: 31 cases
  • La Honda: <10 cases
  • Ladera: <10 cases
  • Loma Mar: <10 cases
  • Menlo Park: 208 cases
  • Millbrae: 154 cases
  • Montara: <10 cases
  • Moss Beach: 16 cases
  • North Fair Oaks: <10 cases
  • Pacifica: 100 cases
  • Pescadero: <10 cases
  • Portola Valley: 24 cases
  • Princeton: <10 cases
  • Redwood City: 1019 cases
  • San Bruno: 224 cases
  • San Carlos: 69 cases
  • San Mateo: 895 cases
  • South San Francisco: 488 cases
  • West Menlo Park: <10 cases
  • Woodside: 23 cases

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Oscar Rocha died at 6:45 p.m. Thursday evening due to complications from COVID-19, sheriff's officials said. "He put up a courageous fight to the end and will never be forgotten," according to sheriff's officials.

BART officials told the agency's Board of Directors Thursday that the Bay Area's COVID-19 resurgence has BART already falling behind on its revenue projections for fiscal year 2021, which began July 1. Board Director Liz Ames said BART could consider finding additional funding by taking out loans or reducing daily service, but the state of the agency is dire in either scenario. "I don't see how BART is going to survive," she said. "I mean I don't want to say bankruptcy but this is a fiscal emergency."

While fans will not be allowed at Oakland Athletics games this season due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, RingCentral Coliseum will still feature one of the team's most famous former employees: actor Tom Hanks. A Concord native, Tom Hanks got his first job selling concessions to fans at the coliseum in his late teens. The A's said Friday that they plan to play audio recordings during games of Hanks hawking peanuts, hot dogs, programs and other ballpark fare along with traditional stadium sounds of cheering fans, drums, vuvuzelas and chants of "let's go Oakland."


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There were 434,443 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 8,243 coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday afternoon according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 4,103,371 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 145,261 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Friday afternoon.

There have been 15,656,042 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 636,848 deaths reported globally as of Friday afternoon.

— Bay City News contributed to this report.

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