Coronavirus update: As death toll hits milestones, Fresno-area vaccine distribution lags
Fresno Bee 1/22/2021 Robert Kuwada, The Fresno Bee
Jan. 20 The coronavirus death toll across the nation rolled past 400,000 on Tuesday, including a number of new fatalities reported in central San Joaquin Valley counties following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.
Fresno County interim health officer Dr. Rais Vohra reported 36 additional deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the county to 968.
Madera County added 21 deaths with 151 to date, Merced County had 12 deaths to bring its total to 308. There were five more coronavirus deaths in Tulare County with a total of 506, and two in Kings County with a total of 145.