Coronavirus update: U.S. tops 25 million cases, Fresno County also hits milestone
The United States has surpassed 25 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
A Sunday morning update by the CSSE lists 25,003,695 cases across the country with 417,538 deaths. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington projects the number of deaths across the country will reach 569,000 by May 1.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Fresno County also hit a milestone on Sunday with 530 new cases reported by the California Department of Public Health pushing its total past 85,000 to 85,274, the seventh-most cases of any county in the state.
Los Angeles County had 1,040,961 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday. San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Orange counties all had more than 220,000, and Santa Clara County had 97,189 total cases.
New cases on Sunday across the Central Valley, according to the CDPH …
Fresno County: 569; 85,274 total
Sacramento: 547; 83,408 total
Kern: 501; 82,602 total
Stanislaus: 234; 43,723 total
Tulare: 354; 42,661 total
Merced: 171; 24,787 total
Kings: 144; 19,904 total
Madera: 77; 13,858 total
Across the state, there are 3,109,151 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36,790 deaths, according to the CPDH. The 429 new deaths in the state reported on Sunday were the fewest since Jan. 18, when there were 146.
There were no new deaths reported in Fresno County – the total on Saturday was 1,043, with the 7-day and 14-day averages 16 and 17.
Fresno County also is struggling with coronavirus vaccinations and this week two major clinics will pause due to a shortage of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
A vaccination site at the Fresno Fairgrounds, which had been providing about 1,500 shots a day for health care workers and senior citizens 75 and older will pause this week. A site at the Sierra Pacific Orthopedic Center also will be on a pause this week.
California, again, is last in the nation in coronavirus vaccinations, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker.
It has used only 40.9% of the 4.9 million vaccine doses that have been delivered. Only Minnesota (44.9%), Alabama (43%), Kansas (41.6%) and Virginia (41.5%) have used less than 45% of its vaccines.
Placer County investigating death following vaccination
Placer County Public Health and the Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a person several hours after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. Placer County is east of Sacramento.
The individual had tested positive for the coronavirus in late December and died on Thursday after receiving the dose. The vaccine was not administered by Placer County Public Health.
There are multiple local, state, and federal agencies investigating and the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said any reports to the cause of death are premature, pending the outcome of those investigations. The sheriff’s office did not release an age of the individual, or any information on the vaccine received.
This story was originally published January 24, 2021 at 8:29 AM.