SF Reports First COVID Deaths in 9 Days
San Francisco today (12/4/20) updated their COVID-19 data and reports which showed two new deaths attributed to the Coronavirus bringing the total number of deaths in the city to 162.
Related: San Francisco COVID Cases & Latest Stats (Updated Daily) – 12/4/20
It’s unclear when these deaths took place (the data doesn’t show you where the updates were made) but reports the last known death attributed to COVID having taken place on November 23rd.
For context, San Francisco currently has a relatively low death rate from COVID. As of 12/4/20 the city reports 18.4 deaths per 100,000 population compared to 49.2 for the state of California and 83.0 for the United States.
Reported death statistics can lag by many days. In order to account for the time to process tests and validate the data, cases and deaths data may be delayed. So there may be other deaths that have occurred since then but haven’t been reported yet. The latest update released today includes data through 12/1/20.
Learn how this data is updated and validated daily.
The deaths shown re suspected to be associated with COVID-19 or have COVID-19 listed as the cause of death. Deaths are reported by medical providers and the medical examiner.