After days of steady growth, the coronavirus spread seems to have calmed down in Contra Costa County.
Health officials in the county put the total of confirmed COVID-19 cases being treated in the county at 42 on Thursday afternoon, up only one from the previous day. Health officials have added only three patients to the total since Tuesday.
The county still remains unscathed as far as COVID-19 deaths.
The spread of confirmed coronavirus cases in Contra Costa County accelerated from six on March 6 to 39 by Tuesday night.
A patient who contracted coronavirus outside of Contra Costa County no longer is being treated in the county, health officials said.
Contra Costa County remains on the third day of a stay-at-home order.
