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<p>The number of COVID-19 cases reported by County health officials nearly doubled in seven days, bringing the county totals to 1,454 confirmed cases and 31 deaths after over 20,300 residents have been tested.</p>
<p>The highest concentration of cases is within the City of San Diego with 783 cases or 51.2% of all cases in the county, followed by Chula Vista with 133 cases (8.7%), El Cajon with 88 (5.8%), Carlsbad with 43 cases (2.8%), and Oceanside with 34 cases (2.2%).</p>

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<p>For the first time in San Diego history, the two candidates running for Mayor in the General Election will both be Democrats, with no Republican having made the run-off election.</p>
<p>California State Assembly Todd Gloria and San Diego Councilwoman Barbara Bry are now the remaining candidates from a field of six that ran in the primary election.</p>

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<p>A handful of protesters wearing face masks and holding “STAY AT HOME” signs used their cars to block traffic from entering Mexico at the Nogales port of entry on Wednesday for fear of COVID-19 infections from the US.</p>

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<p>President Donald Trump instituted a limited reduction of non-essential traffic across the US-Mexico border starting on Saturday but it does not affect US citizens or lawful US residents.</p>
<p>Non-US citizens with proper passports and visas are still allowed to cross into the US for employment, business, school, medical treatment, visiting family, and governmental work.</p>

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<p>The large event hall in downtown where politicians gather on election nights will now house some of San Diego’s most vulnerable homeless population as the City prepares for an anticipated increase in COVID-19 cases.</p>
<p>“The worst of COVID-19 hasn’t hit us yet,” San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said on Monday. “The storm is still out there.”</p>
<p>San Diego has not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases among its homeless population, but tests have only recently been available for the vulnerable community.</p>

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<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered a stop to all non-essential travel in the state until at least April 19th to help stop the spread of the COVI-19 virus which experts now warn could infect up to 56% of the state’s nearly 40 million residents.</p>

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<p>The US Secretary of State and Mexico’s Foreign Secretary are in negotiations to find a way to restrict non-essential travel across the US-Mexico border to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the US State Department confirmed on Thursday night.</p>

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<p>A new study released this week by a Washington, D.C. think tank finds that some workers are “much less likely” to be able to work from home during the coronavirus crisis.</p>
<p>The non-profit Economic Policy Institute found that only 16.2% of Latino workers have jobs that can still be done remotely, followed by Black workers at 19.7%., mostly due to their over-representation in physical jobs including the service industry, construction jobs, manufacturing, transportation, and installations and repairs.</p>

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<p>The San Diego City Council and Mayor have approved an emergency moratorium on all evictions within the City of San Diego for 30 days as residents and businesses deal with the immediate fallout of the coronavirus.</p>
<p>San Diego residents or businesses who miss rent payments due to a loss of income, loss of work, or medical bills related to the coronavirus outbreak can get relief.</p>