Coronavirus: New deaths in San Francisco, San Mateo counties

After a respite for most of the week, San Francisco and San Mateo County each added one to their death tolls on Friday.

The toll grew to 66 in San Mateo County and 36 in San Francisco. Each county reported more new cases than the previous day, with San Mateo’s count growing by 39 to 1,575 and San Francisco’s by 27 to 2,026.

More than 90% of the patients in both counties to die from the virus have been at least 60 years old, though there have been three fatalities among people in their 40s in San Francisco and one person in their 30s in San Mateo.

San Mateo also updated its list of cases by city for the first time since launching the tool on Monday. Its eponymous city added 85 new cases since Monday to bring its total to 415, followed by Daly City (17 new cases; 280 total), Redwood City (21 new; 220 total) and South San Francisco (25 new; 157 total). Reporting fewer than 100 cases: San Bruno (13 new; 87 total), Menlo Park (5 new; 54 total), East Palo Alto (5 new; 56 total), Burlingame (3 new; 51 total), Pacifica (0 new; 38 total) Belmont (3 new; 30 total), Millbrae (25 total), San Carlos (3 new; 24 total) and Foster City (1 new; 21 total). No other city reported more than 20 cases.

After hitting a low of 49 patients hospitalized Monday, San Mateo has added 20 new COVID-19 patients in the past two days. In San Francisco, hospitalization levels continued to decrease Friday after they hit their lowest level since March on Thursday. There were 64 total patients in hospital beds, with 22 in intensive care units, both at their lowest levels since March 31.

Statewide, California reported its 3,000th fatality from the virus Thursday and was expected to go over 75,000 total confirmed cases on Friday, with just over 10,000 in the Bay Area.