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Coronavirus Updates
Bay Area breaking news and info on Coronavirus

Coronavirus Resources

A User's Guide To Masks: What's Best At Protecting Others (And Yourself)

“We're trading shelter-in-place for face masks," says UCSF epidemiologist Dr. George Rutherford. "That seems to me to be a pretty reasonable tradeoff.”

COVID-19: What's Open and What's Closed in Bay Area Counties

The ever-changing list of what you can do and what you can't in the region.

CHARTS: Here Are the Trendlines for COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations in Each Bay Area County

The Bay Area is retightening restrictions on businesses and activities as coronavirus cases surge after a period of remaining flat. As policymakers recalibrate what is allowed to open, they are looking closely at a suite of metrics like the ones in these charts.
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The US Has a Dwindling Number of Months to Contain COVID-19 Before a Winter Surge
Americans must use the weeks between now and the onset of “indoor weather” to tamp down coronavirus transmission, experts warn.
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