Two coronavirus deaths reported in Sacramento County, bringing total to 58
Two more coronavirus-related deaths were reported Monday morning in Sacramento County, bringing its death toll to 58 as California continues its battle against the pandemic.
The county’s death toll increased for the first time since May 18.
Fourteen more positive cases were also reported Monday for a total of 1,429 infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the highly contagious virus, according to the county’s public health department.
Across the four-county Sacramento region, health officials have recorded 91 deaths. Three more have died in nearby Yuba and Sutter counties.
Of the 58 deaths in Sacramento County, 28 have come in the city of Sacramento, eight in Citrus Heights, six in Rancho Cordova, three in Folsom, two in Elk Grove, and 11 in unincorporated parts of the county.
On Sunday, 15 new cases were added to Sacramento County’s infection toll. On Saturday, 27 new cases were added, marking another day of increased infection rates. On Friday, 24 new cases were added.
Yolo County reported two cases Monday, bringing the total number of infected people there to 212. There have been 24 people killed by the virus in the county, with another death reported Friday. Health authorities have now connected 17 of the 24 deaths with Stollwood Convalescent Hospital, part of the St. John’s Retirement Village complex in Woodland.
Placer County reported 217 cases and nine deaths as of Monday morning, adding two new confirmed infections. There were 15 new cases added Saturday and one Sunday.
El Dorado County reported 96 cases of the virus Monday, up six from Friday. The majority of infections have occurred in the Lake Tahoe area, El Dorado Hills and Diamond Springs. No deaths have been reported in the county.
Sutter County reported 46 cases and two deaths as of Sunday, adding three confirmed positive tests. Yuba County added one new case on Saturday, bringing its total to 30, and one death. Neither county reported any cases Monday.
As of a Monday update from the state Department of Public Health, California has recorded more than 113,000 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those, at least 4,251 have died.
Worldwide there have been more than 6.2 million confirmed infections as of Monday afternoon, including over 1.8 million in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 375,000 people – with over 105,000 in the U.S. – have died from the virus.
This story was originally published June 1, 2020, 10:22 AM.