SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from COVID-19 in California exceeded 60,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The state recorded the pandemic milestone of 60,015 fatalities, as of Saturday. There were 3,673,398 cases in California. A total of 427,349 cases occurred in the Bay Area, including 6,053 deaths, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s COVID-19 Tracker.
California, on Thursday will formally open vaccinations to all residents 16 and older, but many local jurisdictions are moving faster. Like, in the Bay Area, including Contra Costa County and select ZIP codes in San Francisco and Alameda counties.
Many Bay Area churches have opened vaccination clinics, to serve communities hard hit by the pandemic, the Chronicle report said.
These include Black, Latino, and Pacific Islander neighbourhoods, where people may have limited access to arrange vaccinations elsewhere.– NNN-AGENCIES
