San Francisco Bay Area goes two days without coronavirus death during California's phase 2 reopening
Death toll remained at 390 after no new fatalities were reported on Sunday or Monday
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Your support makes all the difference.For the first time since coronavirus lockdowns began in March, San Francisco's Bay Area recorded no Covid-19 related deaths for two consecutive days.
The area's death toll remained at 390 after no new fatalities were reported on Sunday or Monday.
Hospitalisations are also at the lowest levels since March as the region takes part in California's phase 2 reopening, according to data compiled by The Mercury News.
The last time the Bay Area went without a death in a 24 hour period was on 19 March, when Governor Gavin Newsom first announced the statewide shelter-in-place orders.
The last time two consecutive days went by without a single death was 10 March to 12 March, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
While death and hospitalisation rates began to decrease, the Bay Area also saw a slight uptick in new cases, The Mercury News notes. On Monday, 246 new cases were reported across 10 counties, the largest daily increase since 20 April.
Across the Bay Area, there were 231 Covid-19 hospitalisations on Sunday, its lowest number since March and down by half since 8 April.
Statewide, California has 81,658 cases and 3,284 deaths.
Bay Area counties are in the process of implementing phase 2 of California's reopening plan, which allows some retailers to reopen for curbside pick-up, manufacturing, business offices and other services to resume operations.
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