Death of unvaccinated Marin County resident is first COVID-19 fatality in two months
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GREENBRAE, CA - DEC. 17: Marin County Fire medic Kevin Stone prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to staff at The Tamalpais Marin assisted living facility in Greenbrae, Calif. Thursday, December 17, 2020. The first COVID-
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - An unvaccinated Marin County resident died from COVID-19 complications this week, the county s first such death in roughly two months.
The resident, who Marin County health officials did not identify, was admitted to a hospital with respiratory symptoms and died Wednesday. Marin County has now confirmed 186 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began.
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Bay Area health officials want us to mask indoors again. Here s why
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Dr. Sara Cody, health officer of Santa Clara County, addresses members of the media at a press conference in June. Now that the delta variant is spreading, health officers in seven Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara, are again recommending mask wearing.Yalonda M. James/The Chronicle
Health officials across seven Bay Area counties on Friday recommended that everyone even vaccinated people wear masks during indoor activities like shopping.
That goes beyond the guidance given by the state and federal governments, which say that vaccinated people need not wear masks in most indoor settings.
OAKLAND Los Angeles County will reinstate indoor mask requirements in public spaces for all this weekend, regardless of vaccination status, amid an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases driven by the Delta variant.
Thursday’s announcement by the nation s largest county sent a chill through the state just one month into California s long-awaited reopening. And it could prompt other local health officials to follow suit, complicating the post-pandemic recovery narrative of Gov. Gavin Newsom as he faces a September recall election.
Los Angeles County just over two weeks ago recommended that people wear masks indoors, a step that Sacramento County health officials also took on Thursday and that Yolo County initiated a day earlier.