Coronavirus: Alameda County COVID-19 cases pass 1,000

The number of Alameda County residents with the COVID-19 coronavirus surpassed a grim new total, with the county logging more than a thousand confirmed cases.

The number of Alameda County residents with the COVID-19 coronavirus surpassed a grim new total Thursday, with the county logging more than a thousand confirmed cases.

The Alameda County Public Health Department reported 42 new cases in addition to the 926 it counted Wednesday for a county total of 968.

It also reported two new deaths, for a total of 38. No information was immediately available about either death Thursday.

The city of Berkeley, which has an independent public health office, reported no new deaths since its first one April 9, putting a countywide total at 39.

Thursday’s numbers mean the county has logged 1,007 total cases. Alameda County logged its first case March 1 and first death March 23.

Within the county, Oakland has the most cases at 242, followed by Hayward at 190, unincorporated parts of Alameda County at 130, Fremont at 83 and San Leandro at 59. Union City and Pleasanton had 47 each, Newark had 30, Livermore had 29, Alameda 26 and Dublin 20 cases.

County residents with general inquiries may e-mail ncov@acgov.org or call (510) 268-2101. For more information from the county health department, visit http://www.acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx and click on a dashboard, which debuted earlier this month. For city of Berkeley information, visit https://www.cityofberkeley.info/coronavirus/.

Alameda County, which has 1.7 million residents, now has the third-most cases in the Bay Area, behind Santa Clara County at 1,833 and San Francisco at 1,019.

Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.