August 10, 2020, 8:41PM Updated 2 hours ago Sonoma County health officials late Monday night reported three more virus-related fatalities, to bring the area COVID-19 death toll during the pandemic that began in March to 50 victims. Each of the three latest casualties was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions, while two of them…
July 6, 2020, 8:52PM Updated 3 hours ago Sonoma County health officials reported late Monday that another local resident has died from complications of the new coronavirus, increasing to 12 the number of fatalities during the pandemic since it emerged in March. The unidentified woman died Saturday, and was over 65, said Rohish Lal, a…
Mase said that given the rising number of confirmed infections in the county and outbreaks in skilled nursing — as of Friday, there were 25 virus cases at such nursing centers — and residential care facilities for the elderly, it is becoming increasingly likely the county will end up on the state’s watchlist. “This should…
July 4, 2020, 1:17PM Updated 1 hour ago In its most substantial one-day spike to date, Sonoma County posted 92 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, nearly doubling the previous record of 50, set June 22. The 24-hour increase brings the county’s total number of cases so far to 1,359 since March, according to the Division…
June 29, 2020, 5:13PM Updated 1 hour ago Two more Sonoma County residents have died from complications of the coronavirus, bringing area fatalities from the infectious disease to seven since it emerged here in early March, the county’s top public health official said Monday. Dr. Sundari Mase, the county’s health officer, said the deaths occurred…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…