LAMORINDA, CA — The number of people in the county who have died of COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, inched up to 22 on Monday with the announcement of two new deaths by Contra Costa Health Services.

The health department also announced 17 new cases, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 707. In Lafayette there have been 18 cases, just 8 in Moraga, and Orinda reports 46, boosted by a nursing home outbreak. There are 35 people hospitalized in the county for coronavirus complications.

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According to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University, 31,740 people in California have officially been diagnosed with coronavirus, and the death toll has now reached 1,181. Those numbers were reported at 12:45 p.m. on Monday.

In the US, 41,313 people have died of coronavirus, with 776,513 confirmed cases. Across the globe, there have been 2,458,150 diagnosed cases, and 168,906 reported deaths.