Sacramento County now past 1,000 coronavirus cases. One new death reported in Yolo
There have now been more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Sacramento County, public health officials said in a Friday morning update.
The infection total for COVID-19, the disease caused by the highly contagious virus, rose to 1,019 countywide, the public health department said in an update just before 10 a.m.
The total increased by 32 over the previous day’s update, a roughly 3 percent increase, and no additional deaths were reported between the two days.
The previous day’s update, however, was the second-deadliest for Sacramento County since the pandemic started: five additional fatalities were reported for a total of 41 to date. Six deaths were reported between updates released April 4 and April 5.
Of the 1,019 confirmed and reported cases, more than half (572) have been within the city of Sacramento, which makes up about one-third of the county’s roughly 1.5 million residents. Unincorporated Sacramento County has reported 175 cases while there have been 86 in Elk Grove, 75 in Rancho Cordova, 54 in Citrus Heights, 38 in Folsom, 12 in Galt and two in Isleton. All but five reported cases have had their locations confirmed.
Of the 41 reported fatalities, 22 have been reported in Sacramento, four in Citrus Heights, three in Elk Grove, two in Rancho Cordova and 10 in unincorporated parts of the county.
Region’s cases, deaths grow slowly
A total of 62 people have died of COVID-19 and 1,357 have tested positive for the coronavirus across the four-county region.
El Dorado County has reported 42 cases of COVID-19 so far with no deaths, as of Friday afternoon, according to its public health department. The El Dorado Hills area has the highest concentration of cases, with a total of 16 infected there. Fourteen tested positive in the Lake Tahoe area, five in the greater Placerville area and the rest are scattered throughout the foothills.
Placer County reports 139 confirmed coronavirus cases and eight total COVID-19 deaths, last updated 10:10 a.m. Friday. Just three new cases were reported between Wednesday and Thursday’s updates. More than 110 of the cases have come in South Placer, which includes Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln, according to the county’s public health website.
Yolo County reported 157 cases and 13 fatalities as of Friday afternoon, including two new cases and one new death since Thursday. One of those new cases occurred in Woodland, which accounts for about half of all confirmed cases at 80, and another new case in Davis, where there is a total of 18 people infected. West Sacramento has a total of 48 cases, and Winters and unincorporated Yolo County account for 11 total cases.
The number of cases in the region continues to grow, but it’s slowed some — there were 169 new cases this week, compared to 305 new cases across the region last week. Deaths have also slowed slightly as well: 14 died this week, compared to 17 the previous week.
This story was originally published April 24, 2020 at 10:26 AM.
