Coronavirus live updates: What we know about Monday about COVID-19 in the North State – Record Searchlight

Shasta County employs dozens of people who work to trace the contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19, according to public health officials. Redding Record Searchlight

1 p.m., Monday, June 1

Butte County announced Monday afternoon its first death due to COVID-19.

Public health officials said the person died in a hospital, was over 65 years old and had numerous underlying health conditions.

A previous investigation led health officials to believe the person got sick from a community-acquired infection. "No specific place or event was identified as the source of their infection," the county said.

Im very sad to announce that weve lost one of our community members to this illness. This news hits us hard, Butte County Public Health DirectorDanette York said. This COVID-19 pandemic is a historic public health challenge. Our top priority continues to be protecting the health of our community.

Butte County had 44 knkocases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning.

7 a.m., Monday, June 1

No new cases of coronavirus were reported in Shasta County on Sunday.

There also were no patients hospitalized with the disease, but four people were in quarantine and 20 were in isolation, according to the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency.

Humboldt County, hardest hit by coronavirus in far-Northern California, broke the 100 mark in cases Saturday afternoon.The county now has 101 cases.

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The county didn't report any new positive tests over the weekend, leaving the local total at seven cases with 1,633 tests conducted.

There are 29 people, however, with test results pending.

Of the seven people infected, one is still considered to be an active case. There have been no deaths reported in Siskiyou related to the virus.

In far Northern California, here's where COVID-19 case totals stand:

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Coastal counties:

Statewide, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increasedto 110,583as of Saturday, the California Department of Health reported Sunday afternoon.

At least 4,213people in the state have died from the virus and 2,940people were hospitalized because of the disease. Another 1,391peoplesuspected to have the illness were in the hospital.

Here's how California's coronavirus cases break down by age:

Health-care workers made up 10,033of California's confirmed cases, according to state health officials. Of that number, 59have died.

As of Sundayafternoon, the number of known coronavirus cases in the U.S. was at 1.79 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

That number includes 104,383 people who have died as a result of the virus.

Worldwide, the number of confirmed cases was 6.1 million. Of that total, more than 372,100 people have died.

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