Alameda County spokeswoman Neetu Balram similarly said officials are waiting between changes to see if they lead to new infections — noting that the county has seen an alarming uptick in cases a little more than three weeks after easing shelter in place orders in early May and one week after further revisions in the middle of the month. Alameda County reported 63 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, for a total of 3,049 — the most positive tests of any Bay Area county. There have been 93 deaths from COVID-19 in Alameda County. While Balram said some of that increase could be due to increased testing, she added, “We need to ensure we don’t let the rate escalate too quickly and overwhelm our healthcare system.” San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda counties reported a combined 166 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, (May 27th, 2020) bringing the Bay Area’s total to 11,483. Only one new death was reported, in Santa Clara County. Statewide, California has now confirmed 101,648 coronavirus cases, and 3,910 people have died from COVID-19, according to data compiled by this news organization. – ‘according to The Mercury News’
While businesses start slowly opening in the Bay Area, numbers are rolling in that may allow politicians to re-tighten their lockdown grip. Gov. Newsom is caught between a
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- MAY 1: Protesters hold an Open California rally in front of City Hall in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
rock and a hard wall of protestors… At this point we are all unsure who to believe.
In between the breaking news, statistics, online conspiracy theories, stimulus packages updates and daily press briefings there is some form of truth. We may never know…
We are all cooped up, we all have pent up anger, we all want to return to our lives. We need to make the choice to lift each other out of this and support each other in these times. One thing we do know is that the only thing you can truly control is yourself. You can make the choice to wear a mask, if you need to. You can make the choice to support your local business, not to destroy it. You can make the choice to go skate, and do it safely. Make the choice to show that we are in control of our lives.
Go Skate.
