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Coronavirus: Bay Area goes first day in a month without a death from COVID-19, but it’s not all good news
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/20/coronavirus-bay-area-goes-first-day-in-a-month-without-a-death-from-covid-19-but-its-not-all-good-news/
The Bay Area went its first day in a month without reporting a death from COVID-19 on Sunday, but the seven-day average of deaths per day was still at its highest level since early May and statewide, only down slightly from a peak last week, according to data compiled by this news organization.
Altogether, with 89 fatalities from the virus reported Saturday and another 12 on Sunday, it amounted to California’s deadliest weekend of the pandemic. There were slightly fewer new cases reported this weekend than last — 12,725, including 5,889 on Sunday, compared to 13,169 last weekend — but more than any other Saturday and Sunday during the pandemic. Those numbers reflect when deaths and cases were reported, not when they occurred, and don’t include data from a number of counties that don’t issue updates over the weekend. Those delays tend to make Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the days with the largest increases in cases and deaths.