A San Jose woman is now believed to have died of the coronavirus on Feb. 6 — meaning she must have contracted it days, if not weeks, earlier. That suggests it was spreading in the region in late January, if not sooner.
Beachgoers return to Port Hueneme Beach, Calif., on Thursday. Ventura County beaches and parks have been scheduled to reopen this week with some restrictions.Beachgoers return to Port Hueneme Beach, Calif., on Thursday. Ventura County beaches and parks have been scheduled to reopen this week with some restrictions.
The earlier deaths"are like iceberg tips," said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County's health director, during the announcement. They are indicators, she said,"that we had community transmission, probably to a significant degree, far earlier than we had known.", there were only 11 reported cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. on Feb. 6, the day that a 57-year-old San Jose woman died after a brief illness with flu-like symptoms.
This epidemic had been with us for basically one month and a half before we realized it was so widespread. What are we doing to make sure we don't fall into the February trap again?To die from the virus though, Dowd must have contracted it days, if not weeks, earlier, suggesting that people were passing it among one another in the Bay Area in late January, if not sooner.
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