Coronavirus In Pleasant Hill: 75 Cases

Bea Karnes
Updated ·2 min read

PLEASANT HILL, CA — With coronavirus restrictions loosening, business is slowly returning to normal in Pleasant Hill and Contra Costa County. However, the number of local coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise.

The health department on Tuesday said that 75 cases have been confirmed in Pleasant Hill . As for deaths, the county now reports a total of 62. Contra Costa Health Services has gone 2 days without reporting any new deaths. That's a huge relief after last week when 18 deaths were reported over a 6-day period. On Sunday, 6 deaths were announced, and there were 5-each announced on Tuesday and Thursday.

Around the county, the city of Richmond has recorded the most cases, with 587. Bethel Island has had only one confirmed case.

The virus is surging statewide, with Los Angeles County leading the way with more than 86,000 confirmed cases while recording its largest single-day increase in cases on Monday. The state has recorded nearly 185,000 confirmed cases, and 5,566 deaths.

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The U.S. has confirmed 2,325,000 cases, and 120,770 deaths.

While California has the second highest number of cases in the nation, we have fared far better than other states on deaths. Here are the latest statistics compiled by Johns Hopkins University:

  1. New York: 31,198 deaths

  2. New Jersey: 13,026 deaths

  3. Massachusetts: 7,873 deaths

  4. Illinois: 6,671 deaths

  5. Pennsylvania: 6,464 deaths

  6. Michigan: 6,097 deaths

  7. California: 5,566 deaths

  8. Connecticut: 4,263 deaths

  9. Florida: 3,238 deaths

  10. Louisiana: 3,136 deaths

The bottom five states for deaths are Alaska, Hawaii, Wyoming, Montana, and Vermont.

Worldwide, more than 9,150,000 cases had been reported by midday Tuesday, and 473,650 deaths.

Meanwhile, if you are interested in a change of scenery, the San Francisco parking lots for the Golden Gate Bridge have partially reopened.

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And here's a resource for parents: you may download free mindfulness apps for your children/

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This article originally appeared on the Pleasant Hill Patch