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COVID-19 by the numbers; plus key resources to help you stay informed

By Emilie Raguso

A daily snapshot of key COVID-19 statistics in Berkeley and beyond. Please review linked resources for the latest data. The New York Times has delved into why these numbers are so challenging to track. Please note: The charts below are interactive; untick Alameda County data in the legend to expand the Berkeley stats.

Note: Case counts and hospitalizations are the numbers reported today. Any change is in relation to the prior weekday’s total, unless otherwise noted. An increase today often reflects new cases on multiple dates in the past.

Berkeley

New cases since Friday

19

671 total

New UC Berkeley cases since Friday

6

212 total, positivity rate: 2.35%

Deaths

8

no change

Average daily COVID-19 tests of Berkeley residents

755

45,378 total; 1.65% positivity rate

Alameda County and the Bay Area

New cases and deaths in the county (excluding Berkeley) since Friday

258 cases, 4 deaths

19,970 cases, 366 deaths

Current hospitalized (throughout county)

144

up 9; COVID-19 positive and suspected patients

Current ICU patients (throughout county)

46

up 10; this is a subset of hospitalized patients

New Bay Area** cases since Friday

1,869

99,133 total

New Bay Area deaths since Friday

13

1,391 total

California

Total cases

788,800

up from 777,600 on Friday

New deaths

30

15,051 total

Health workers infected

37,205 cases, 177 deaths

at work and elsewhere

Current hospitalizations

2,573

down 103 since Friday

Of those, patients in the ICU

811

down 25 since Friday

Suspected hospitalizations

886 hospitalizations, including 149 in the ICU

COVID-19 tests

13.7 million

The 7-day positivity rate is 2.8% and the 14-day positivity rate is 3.1%

Tests in past 24 hours

149,624

Unemployment claims since mid-March

5.7 million

$34 billion distributed (as of June 22)

United States and the world

Total cases in the U.S.

6.8 million

up from 6.7 million as of Friday

Deaths in the U.S.

199,800

up from 198,500 as of Friday

Total tests in the U.S.

95.8 million

Total cases in the world

31.2 million

up from 30.4 million as of Friday

Deaths in the world

962,300

up from 949,500 as of Friday

Other figures

How far away do you need to be for social distancing

6 feet

Population in Berkeley that’s 60 or older

Nearly 20%

Age at which health risks increase dramatically

80

Total recovered

89

As of June 10 (the city has declined to provide a more recent figure)

Hand-washing stations in Berkeley

28

the city has said it would like to set up more but they are not available

Masks distributed by the state

130 million

Hotel rooms for homeless across the state

15,700

Licensed hospital beds in California

74,000

“Surge” beds in the state

53,000

ICU beds in California pre-COVID-19

10,000

Ventilators in California pre-COVID-19

7,600

Unused ventilators in California

11,000

Berkeley population

122,580

as of May 2020

Alameda County population

1,670,834

as of May 2020

California population

39,782,870

as of May 2020

Resources about the COVID-19 coronavirus

Know of other great resources? Please share them in the comments. Then wash your hands!

** Berkeleyside tabulates this figure daily by reviewing the official public health websites in Berkeley and Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties.

Emilie Raguso is Berkeleyside’s senior editor of news. Email: emilie@berkeleyside.com. Twitter: emraguso.

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