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DPH reports rising COVID-19 spread in San Francisco, pushes testing and neighborhood strategy
Summary
Department of Public Health Director Grant Colfax told the Health Commission that San Francisco had nearly 7,000 COVID-19 cases and 61 deaths, a 7-day testing average of about 3,118 tests/day and a reproductive rate around 1.15. Colfax outlined plans to scale testing to 5,000/day and target high-prevalence neighborhoods.
Director of Public Health Grant Colfax told the San Francisco Health Commission on Aug. 4 that the city was in a surge and that several indicators were cause for concern.
"Right now in San Francisco, we have nearly 7,000 cases of COVID-19," Colfax said, adding that the city had recorded 61 deaths to date and a seven-day testing average of about 3,118 tests per day. Colfax said the seven-day rolling positivity rate was running near 4 percent and that hospitalizations had climbed during July from a low of 26 in late June to a recent peak described in the slides (111) and a near-term figure given in the briefing (92), reflecting the lag between infection and hospitalization.
Colfax emphasized disparities in case distribution and a neighborhood-focused approach to testing. "We have inequities in the pandemic,…
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