California hasn’t seen the huge death toll from the novel coronavirus like New York and other hot spots, but the state is still struggling with a growing number of fatalities and confirmed cases.
COVID-19 deaths in California remain at a stubborn plateau. Mirroring a trend seen nationally, California has not seen a sustained decline in deaths over the past month, a Los Angeles Times analysis found. During the seven-day period that ended Sunday, 503 people in California died from the virus — the second-highest weekly death toll in the course of the pandemic and a 1.6% increase from the previous week’s toll.
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A UC San Francisco study of thousands of residents and workers in the city’s Mission District found that 57% of those tested must leave their homes for work, and those who had to leave home to work accounted for 90% of the positive cases. Nearly 89% of those who tested positive earn less than $50,000 a year, and most live in households with three or more people.
While Latinos made up 44% of those tested, they accounted for more than 99% of the positive COVID-19 cases.
Many residents and workers in the Mission District are employed in essential services such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing, restaurants, grocery stores and janitorial and domestic services, the university said.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417356/initial-results-mission-district-covid-19-testing-announced
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