U.S. Bay Area COVID cases climb


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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- San Francisco now has the second-highest rate of COVID-19 infection in the western U.S. state of California, with an average of 40 new daily cases per 100,000 residents, according to state data published Friday. Bay Area's San Francisco, Santa Clara, Marin and San Mateo counties, as well as Santa Cruz County, had all fallen within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) "yellow" tier as of Friday morning, signaling that more than 200 cases were reported in the last week for every 100,000 residents. As the U.S. COVID death toll approaches 1...