A third person has died from COVID-19 in Contra Costa County, health officials said.
The county also announced 17 more cases of coronavirus Saturday afternoon, bringing the county’s total to 168 cases.
The county did not release additional information about the person who died as of Sunday morning.
As testing has increased in the county, so too has the number of confirmed cases. The county’s first case of the virus was confirmed on March 4, and there were 46 confirmed cases as of March 20, when the county announced its first death from COVID-19.
The county is home to about 1.2 million people.
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