Coronavirus updates: UCSF doctor shares story of having COVID-19 – SF Gate

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  • FILE - Front entrance at the Parnassus Heights campus of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) hospital in San Francisco, California, January 5, 2src17. Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

    FILE – Front entrance on the Parnassus Heights campus of the College of California San Francisco (UCSF) clinical institution in San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

    FILE – Front entrance on the Parnassus Heights campus of the College of California San Francisco (UCSF) clinical institution in San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

    Portray: Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Photos

Portray: Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Photos

FILE – Front entrance on the Parnassus Heights campus of the College of California San Francisco (UCSF) clinical institution in San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

FILE – Front entrance on the Parnassus Heights campus of the College of California San Francisco (UCSF) clinical institution in San Francisco, California, January 5, 2017.

Portray: Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Photos

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UCSF emergency room physician Rosny Daniel examined clear for COVID-19 on Saturday and has shared his chronicle on Medium.

He wrote that he before the entirety felt “a little bit sick” with a relaxed cough on Thursday evening. On Friday, he tranquil had that pre-sick feeling with muscle soreness and an elevated temperature.

“I didn’t know if I become once truly going to gain sick or now not, nonetheless I didn’t would prefer to pain getting others sick so I requested around and become once ready to gain out of my shift,” Daniel wrote. “I contacted my leadership team and become once instant to hump gain examined.”

On Saturday morning, he realized he had examined clear. “Physically, I gain gorgeous,” he wrote. “Subtle muscle soreness and complications mostly. I haven’t had any further fevers since waking up a little bit sweaty Friday morning. My respiratory is ok. No nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.”

Daniel mentioned he’s anxious on memoir of he’s form 1 diabetic, as well to asthmatic, and he is aware of “this illness can gain quite a bit worse very instant.”

When you have been in denial about the COVID-19 danger, on Monday the danger grew to become staunch for many as six Bay Residing counties ordered residents to shelter in build. The recent declarations issued by Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties affect nearly 7 million of us.

Beginning within the darkish on Monday evening, residents of those counties had been ordered care for residence for the next three weeks, excluding for mandatory wants equivalent to getting meals, picking up medication, seeing a health care provider, caring for a member of the family or pal, or for work reasons. Learn this chronicle with veritably requested questions about the uncover.

The case depend within the Bay Residing climbed Monday. The selection of circumstances elevated to 40 in San Francisco County, 18 in Alameda, nine in Solano and 138 in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara also reported two more deaths, bringing the county’s complete to four.

Both folks had been men; one become once in his 80s and one other become once in his 50s. It is now not identified if both of the two had underlying effectively being circumstances.

Where circumstances have been confirmed within the Bay Residing:

ALAMEDA COUNTY: 18 confirmed circumstances

Fore more knowledge on Alameda County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: 34 confirmed circumstances

Fore more knowledge on Contra Costa County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

MARIN COUNTY: 9 confirmed circumstances

Fore more knowledge on Marin County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

NAPA COUNTY: 0 residents, 2 patients handled in Napa, then transferred out of county

For more knowledge on Napa County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: 40 confirmed circumstances

For more knowledge on San Francisco County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

SAN MATEO COUNTY: 41 confirmed circumstances, 1 loss of life

For more knowledge on San Mateo County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY: 138 confirmed circumstances, 4 deaths

Fore more knowledge on Santa Clara County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

SOLANO COUNTY: 9 confirmed circumstances

For more knowledge on Solano County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

SONOMA COUNTY: 6 confirmed circumstances

For more knowledge on Sonoma County circumstances, refer to the public effectively being department web situation.

In California, 11 coronavirus-linked deaths have been reported:

The first loss of life took place in Placer County on March 4. The Placer County Health Division mentioned the deceased is an aged resident of the county with underlying effectively being circumstances. The affected person examined presumptively clear on Tuesday, March 3 at a California lab and become once most likely uncovered on a Princess cruise ship that traveled from San Francisco to Mexico, Feb. 11 to 21, effectively being officials mentioned. The affected person become once below therapy in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville.

The 2d California loss of life, the first within the Bay Residing, become once reported in Santa Clara County in March 9. A girl in her 60s handed away at El Camino Sanatorium in Mountain Glimpse Monday, the first loss of life tied to the original coronavirus within the Bay Residing. The woman become once hospitalized for quite a bit of weeks, Santa Clara County effectively being officials mentioned.

Sacramento County announced on March 10 that a lady in her 90s in an assisted-residing facility died from corornavirus. This become once the first loss of life within the county and the third in California. Health officials mentioned the affected person had an underlying effectively being situation and “died of problems” linked to the pneumonia-admire virus.

Los Angeles County announced the fourth loss of life on March 11: a lady who had traveled broadly (at the side of a layover in South Korea) and who become once visiting Los Angeles from out of city.

A fifth loss of life become once reported on March 13, though officials failed to narrate the build it took place.

Santa Clara County reported its 2d coronavirus-linked loss of life and sixth within the affirm on March 13. The affected person who handed away become once an grownup lady in her 80s, officials mentioned.

San Mateo County reported its first coronavirus loss of life on March 15. The age of the actual particular person has now not been launched.

Santa Clara County reported two recent coronavirus deaths on March 17, bringing the county’s complete to four and the affirm complete to nine. Both folks had been men; one become once in his 80s and one other become once in his 50s. It is now not identified if both of the two had underlying effectively being circumstances.

Riverside County reported two deaths linked with COVID-19 on Match 17.

The loss of life of a 72-yr-extinct man from Sunnyvale become once previously regarded as linked to COVID-19, nonetheless take a look at outcomes confirmed the actual person failed to have the virus.

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Amy Graff is a digital editor with SFGATE. Email her: agraff@sfgate.com.

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