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SAN FRANCISCO — Officials in Santa Clara County, Calif., announced late Tuesday that two residents there died of the coronavirus in early and mid-February, making them the earliest known victims of the pandemic in the United States.The new information may shift the timeline of the virus’s spread through the country weeks earlier than previously believed.The…

ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW THE CORNAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS CHANGING EVERYDAY LIFE. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RESIDENTS COULD SOON BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC. COUNTY LEADERS ARE PREPARING A NEW ORDER THAT WILL BE ISSUED SOMETIME THIS WEEK. ACTION NEWS REPORTER KYLA LINVILLE GIVES US THE BREAK DOWN ON WHAT THIS MAY LOOK…

The number of new coronavirus cases recorded on a daily basis has begun to decline in Santa Clara County, but efforts to manage the public health crisis will continue for a long time. After roughly 50 to 70 new cases were reported in Santa Clara County each day during the first half of April, numbers…

The entire 24-bed outpatient care unit on the first floor of the hospital can be converted for treating COVID-19 patients needing intensive care. Normally, the unit would be used for pre- and post-surgery care when patients are undergoing elective medical procedures. Conversion of the entire unit would triple the number of ICU beds in the…

Well, here we are. It has been nearly a month since Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order and even longer since the country turned off the economy. Both actions were taken in a sincere attempt to ensure that hospitals and our health-care system would not be overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the…