It’s day 18 of Sacramento County’s shelter-in-place order.
The numbers:
Sacramento County cases: 442
Sacramento County deaths: 16
Yolo County cases: 33
Yolo County deaths: 1
Placer County cases: 103
Placer County deaths: 3
El Dorado County cases: 22
El Dorado County deaths: 0
Sources: https://www.saccounty.net/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx; https://www.yolocounty.org/health-human-services/adults/communicable-disease-investigation-and-control/novel-coronavirus-2019; https://www.placer.ca.gov/6448/Cases-in-Placer; https://www.edcgov.us/Government/hhsa/Pages/EDCCOVID-19-Cases.aspx
A new test for coronavirus immunity is nearing approval. The blood test, from Stanford University, detects antibodies rather than active infection.
A Sacramento City Unified School District food service worker has tested positive for COVID-19.
California unemployment claims have jumped by nearly 500% over the previous week.
Davis nonprofit radio station KDRT offers twice-weekly COVID-19 Community Reports that cover the city as well as others in Yolo County.
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a one-stop website for donations and sales of medical supplies.
A Sacramento filmmaker has made a short film showing Sacramento’s streets emptied by the coronavirus.
