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

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By Berkeleyside staff

A daily snapshot of key COVID-19 statistics in Berkeley and beyond. Please review linked resources for the latest data, all of which are likely to be vast undercounts. The New York Times has delved into why these numbers are so challenging to track. Please note: The charts below are interactive; you can untick Alameda County data via the legends to show only 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

1

408 total

New UC Berkeley community members known to have tested positive

1

130 total, positivity rate: 2.71%

Deaths

4

no change

Average daily COVID-19 tests of Berkeley residents

279

20,162 total tests; 2.18% positivity rate

Alameda County and the Bay Area

New cases and deaths in the county (excluding Berkeley)

226 cases, 1 death

11,728 cases, 189 deaths total

Current hospitalized (throughout county)

350

up 108; COVID-19 positive and suspected patients

Current ICU patients (throughout county)

63

up 2; this is a subset of hospitalized patients

New Bay Area** cases

836

56,700 total cases; some agencies may not have updated yet. The state’s reporting system is also responding to a major technical issue, causing underreporting in the number of cases statewide.

New Bay Area deaths

7

850 total; some agencies may not have updated yet

California

Total cases

527,074

up from 521,019; some agencies may not have updated yet

New deaths

201

9.729 total; some agencies may not have updated yet

Health workers infected

24,922 cases, 131 deaths

at work and elsewhere (as of Tuesday)

Current hospitalizations

6,184

down 118

Of those, patients in the ICU

1,828

down 64

Suspected hospitalizations

1,328 hospitalizations, including 190 in the ICU

COVID-19 tests

8.4 million

Tests in past 24 hours

103,687

Unemployment claims since mid-March

5.7 million

$34 billion distributed

United States and the world

Total cases in the U.S.

4.8 million

up from 4.7 million

Deaths in the U.S.

157,690

up from 156,667

Total tests in the U.S.

58.9 million

Total cases in the world

18.7 million

up from 18.4 million

Deaths in the world

703,127

up from 697,998

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.

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