Alameda County

Alameda County is currently in California’s purple tier — the state’s most restrictive tier — for COVID-19 spread, but if current trends continue, it is expected to enter the red tier early next week.

After Alameda County identified possible cases of a COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the first Bay Area cases of another variant from South Africa Wednesday.

As multiple COVID-19 virus variants are being detected in the state of California, Alameda County health officials identified possible cases of a new variant of the coronavirus that was discovered in the United Kingdom.

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory, flash flood watch and heavy rain forecast for the East Bay on Tuesday evening.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom provided updates on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic Monday, announcing that the Bay Area intensive care unit, or ICU, capacity has dropped to 0.7%.

As a result of COVID-19 concerns, Alameda County will request a waiver to not conduct its biennial, federally mandated count of homeless residents this year.

Cellphone data collected by Unacast, a data company, suggests that the Bay Area is not as compliant with stay-at-home orders as it was in the spring.

On Tuesday, Alameda County extended Project Roomkey leases through the end of January 2021 for four hotels currently providing housing to members of the homeless community. 

The city of Berkeley and Alameda County are responding with full support of the vaccination rollout under California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Vaccinate All 58” campaign.

COVID-19 rates are once again rising in Berkeley and Alameda County, with 195 patients hospitalized in Alameda County, 58 of which are in intensive care units, as of Wednesday.