Contra Costa Coronavirus Death, Hospitalizations Increase

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — Another person has died of COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, Contra Costa Health Services reported on Friday. The death toll in the county is now up to 9.

The county health department also reported that the total number of cases has risen to 511, an increase of 26 from Thursday, while the number of people currently hospitalized rose on Friday to 35. Hospitalizations had dipped as low as 29 earlier in the week.

As for specific communities, here a breakdown on the total number of cases in each city:

• Alamo: 15
• Antioch: 37
• Bay Point: 20
• Bethel Island: 1
• Brentwood: 34
• Clayton: 4
• Concord: 46
• Danville: 22
• Discovery Bay: 6
• El Cerrito: 7
• El Sobrante: 13
• Hercules: 9
• Lafayette: 16
• Martinez: 8
• Moraga: 5
• Oakley: 22
• Orinda: 33
• Pacheco: 4
• Pinole: 7
• Pittsburg: 39
• Pleasant Hill: 13
• Richmond: 51
• Rodeo: 5
• San Pablo: 26
• San Ramon: 27
• Walnut Creek: 31
• Other/Unspecified: 10

At midday on Friday, California has 20,300 confirmed cases and 552 deaths. The United States has 486,500 cases, and 18,000 deaths. Confirmed worldwide cases are 1.6 million, with 101,500 deaths.

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