Contra Costa County Coronavirus: 1 Person Dies, 5 New Cases

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — The news from Contra Costa County is encouraging.

The county managed to go two full days without reporting any coronavirus deaths. On Monday, two deaths were reported, and then none on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday: one more death. Total coronavirus deaths for the county have now reached 23.

A look at the newly diagnosed cases: 5. That's the lowest number of new laboratory confirmed coronavirus cases that the county has reported all month. Back on April 3, there were 50 new cases. The total number of confirmed cases is now 770.

The one statistic that remains high is the number of hospitalizations, which stands at 33. Hospitalizations peaked at 44 on April 13-14.

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Looking beyond our local area, at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Johns Hopkins University reports that 39,010 cases have been confirmed in California, while there have been 1,514 deaths. In Los Angeles County, where almost 800 have died, coronavirus is now the leading cause of death.

The United States reports 864,415 cases, and 47,272 deaths.

Around the world, the number of confirmed cases is now 2,699,338, while the death toll is 188,437.

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