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

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By Emilie Raguso

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.

Note: Case counts and hospitalizations are numbers reported today, with any change reported since the prior day’s total below that, unless otherwise noted. An increase today often reflects new cases on multiple dates in the past.

Berkeley

Total cases:

265

up 11 since Saturday

Total recovered:

89

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

Deaths:

1

no change

COVID-19 tests of Berkeley residents:

13,715

277 average daily tests; 1.7% positivity rate

Alameda County and the Bay Area

Total cases and deaths in the county (excluding Berkeley):

7,711 cases, 147 deaths

up 240 cases since Saturday

Current hospitalized (throughout county):

187

up 4; COVID-19 positive and suspected patients

Current ICU patients (throughout county):

59

up 3; this is a subset of hospitalized patients

Bay Area cases:

34,390*

up 854; many agencies have not updated yet

Bay Area deaths:

640**

no change; same caveat

California

Total cases:

326,000

up from 317,000; some agencies may not have updated yet

Total deaths:

7,053

up 23; same caveat

Health workers infected:

17,636 cases, 99 deaths

at work and elsewhere (as of Sunday)

Current hospitalizations:

6,322

down 35 (as of Sunday)

Of those, patients in the ICU:

1,806

no change  (as of Sunday)

Suspected hospitalizations:

1,532 hospitalizations, including 214 in the ICU

(as of Sunday)

COVID-19 tests:

5,406,599

(as of Sunday)

Tests in past 24 hours:

130,904

(as of Sunday)

Unemployment claims since mid-March:

5.7 million

$34 billion distributed

United States and the world

Total cases in the U.S.:

3,333,000

up from 3,239,000

Deaths in the U.S.:

135,400

up from 134,700

Total tests in the U.S.:

40,282,000

Total cases in the world:

12,989,000

up from 12,622,000

Deaths in the world:

570,400

up from 562,600

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

UC Berkeley community members known to have tested positive:

70

positivity rate: 1.8%

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!

* This figure represents the change in the total number of cases reported by the city today compared to the city total reported yesterday. One major caveat: Daily case counts change retroactively every single day as cases get reassigned to and from other jurisdictions. So this figure is somewhat confusing to track. Berkeleyside refreshes the chart data each day, going back to the beginning of the outbreak, to ensure the most recent figures are represented.

** Berkeleyside is tabulating 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. Phone: 510-459-8325.

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