Covid-19 Tracker: Numbers Go Up, Masks Go Down

San Francisco CA

09 October, 2021

3:42 PM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local October 8, 2021 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Infection numbers, hospitalizations and positivity rates have been slightly rising over the past week, while R Number models show today a slight decrease in the rate of transmission. Yesterday's UCSF Grand Rounds featured a discussion on the evolution of the virus and what we can expect from rapid tests. The Biden administration yesterday announced new funding for more at-home rapid tests. I wish they had addressed the virus' unusual pattern in San Francisco that has persisted for the last three weeks. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.