MENDOCINO Co., 7/29/21 — A 73 year old man from Willits was reported dead Wednesday as a result of a COVID-19 infection, marking 51 pandemic deaths in Mendocino County so far. A total of 45 new cases were reported Monday, including infections confirmed over the weekend, with 18 additional cases Tuesday and 12 more on Wednesday for a local total of 4,658, according to Mendocino County Public Health.
The delta variant – twice as contagious as older strains of COVID-19 and likely behind the surge in Mendocino County – has led public health officials across the country to consider once again changing course in response to the COVID virus that has killed more than 600,000 people in the United States. Mendocino County public health officials and some local jurisdictions are returning to masking recommendations as a way to slow the current surge.
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