LODI — The City of Lodi will adjust its street sweeper schedule beginning Monday, April 22. Changes to the schedule are being made to avoid any conflict with other services
Week in review: Rate of SJ COVID deaths far surpasses flu; recognition and changes for beloved Stockton eateries
COVID-19 has killed more people in San Joaquin County since March than the flu has over the past 10 years combined.
More than 700 San Joaquin County residents have died from the coronavirus since the pandemic began, while county public health data show the flu killed just under 100 people from 2010 to 2020. It s a much more striking disease, Park said. People get more severely ill with the COVID than they do the flu.
While the true death rate of COVID-19 won t be known for some time, estimates of the virus mortality ratio can range from 1% to 2% of those who have been infected or as high as twice that, Park said. The World Health Organization says the crude mortality rate of COVID-19 is about 3% to 4%.