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On February 6, 57-year-old Patricia Dowd of San Jose, California became the first COVID-19 death in the United States discovered by April 2020. She died at home without any known recent foreign travel, after being unusually sick from flu in late January, then recovering, remote working, and suddenly dying on February 6.
On March 16, the health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties announced, with the City of Berkeley, a legal order directing their respective residents to shelter in place for three weeks beginning midnight March 17 to April 7 in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
L.A. County health officials strongly recommend that infected people get a negative rapid test result if they want to leave isolation within 10 days following the onset of COVID-19 symptoms or ...
COVID cases are starting to creep up again in the U.S., and it’s understandable to have new questions about the virus and the newest CDC guidance on isolation after a positive test.
The CDC is updating its isolation guidance for COVID-19. Previously, the agency recommended people isolate from others for at least five days if they test positive for the virus. Under the new ...
Los Angeles County also recommends waiting for a negative rapid test before leaving isolation within the 10 days following the first symptoms. A negative rapid test result is not needed on Day 11 ...
Wash your hands frequently and carefully. Use warm water and soap and rub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Work the lather to your wrists, between your fingers, and under your fingernails. You ...
The San Francisco Bay Area, which includes the major cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, was an early center of the COVID-19 pandemic in California. [2] The first case of COVID-19 in the area was confirmed in Santa Clara County on January 31, 2020. [3] A Santa Clara County resident (with no foreign travel history) was the earliest ...