ABC7 News’ data journalism team looked at the numbers and found that for most Bay Area counties, and the Bay Area overall, cases are increasing at a continually faster pace. COVID-19 cases in the region doubled in one month.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — California has experienced a surge in coronavirus cases, and the Bay Area is no exception. ABC7 News’ data journalism team looked at the numbers and found that for most counties, and the Bay Area overall, cases are increasing at a continually faster pace. For cumulative cases encompassing the greater ten Bay Area counties, it took four months for the area to reach 30,000 positive cases, which occurred on July 7. However, it only took one month for cases to double to 60,000, which the area reached on Aug.7. Similarly, it took 60 days from when ABC7 started recording local cases on March 12 for the Bay Area to reach 10,000 cases, which occurred on May 11. In mid-August, it only took seven days for the area to jump from 60,000 to 70,000 cumulative positive cases on Aug.14. The Bay Area reported 33,123 cases on July 12. (Since ABC7 News started recording cases on March 12, we decided to look at monthly cases using that date for each month.
