San Mateo County Reports 88 New Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County Health reported 88 additional coronavirus cases Friday.

The latest report brings the countywide case count to 38,124.

The county reported 16 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Friday, bringing its COVID-19 death toll to 497.

The county's reported figures include previously unreported data added retroactively.

There were 70 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in San Mateo County as of Friday, of which 18 were being treated in intensive care units.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area and beyond, outdoor youth sports will soon be allowed to resume in California counties that meet a threshold for coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday.

Outdoor sports like football and baseball will be allowed to resume as early as next Friday, Newsom said during a briefing in Hayward on the pandemic.

While indoor sports competitions are still prohibited, outdoor youth sports will be permitted in counties that have an average of fewer than 14 new cases per day per 100,000 residents.

As of Friday, 27 counties across the state met that threshold, including Alameda, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties.

The city of San Francisco will begin providing free roundtrip rides on public transit for people going to COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Mayor London Breed said Friday.

In an effort to make getting the vaccine more convenient, starting on Tuesday residents traveling to a vaccine appointment can hop a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency bus.

Riders heading to any vaccine site, including sites outside the city, can simply show their appointment confirmation, whether it's an email or photo, or vaccine card as proof of payment, city officials said.

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There have been 3,519,430 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 48,538coronavirus-related deaths in California as of Friday evening according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States had 27,999,565 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 495,693 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Friday evening.

There have been 110,687,323 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2,451,638 coronavirus-related deaths reported globally as of Friday evening.

— Bay City News contributed to this report