COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Everyone should stay home to reduce spread of COVID-19. If you must leave for essential needs, stay 6 feet away from others and cover your nose and mouth with a cloth barrier. Don't socialize in person with people who don't live with you. 

We are accepting donations of masks, gloves, and other protective equipment to support Berkeley's emergency response. If you have supplies in sealed packages you're able to donate, let us know.

• Protect Yourself
• Cover your face
• If you're sick
• Berkeley COVID-19 stats
• Support for businesses

Take action

• Volunteer and donate
• Prepare to care for yourself or family member if ill
• Cover your face when you leave home
• Stay home except for essential needs

Featured news

• Seven Bay Area Health Officers will extend shelter-in-place orders (April 27, 2020)
• Face covering and social distancing requirements for businesses (April 20, 2020)
• Face coverings now required for customers and workers in essential businesses (April 17, 2020)
• Masks, symptom checks, and temperature screenings now required at skilled nursing and residential care facilities (April 16, 2020)
• Protect your mental health: managing anxiety and stress during COVID-19 (April 14, 2020)

See a complete list of COVID-19 related community messages at our COVID-19 news archive.

COVID-19 resources

• Changes to City services
• Guidance and resources for businesses on complying with health order mandates
• Support & resources for unhoused community members
• Housing retention grants
• Support programs for businesses and workers impacted by COVID-19

Health Officer Orders

• Mandatory face coverings, April 17, 2020

• Face coverings required sign
• Frequently Asked Questions

• Screening and masks for licensed facilities, April 16, 2020
• Stay home order expansion, March 31, 2020

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Laboratory test reporting, March 24, 2020
• Shelter in place order, March 16, 2020

COVID-19 cases in Berkeley

As of 9:00am April 27, 2020, there are 49 lab-confirmed cases and 1 death attributed to COVID-19 in Berkeley. The case count includes 2 passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. 

Of a total of 965 tests conducted on Berkeley residents, 4.9% have been positive. 

Information on confirmed cases in Berkeley by date is available on the City's Open Data Portal.

See all COVID-19 cases in Alameda County, including Berkeley, on the Alameda County Public Health Department COVID-19 dashboard. Please note that numbers may differ from what is reported on the City of Berkeley's website due to the timing of dashboard updates and the dashboard excluding Diamond Princess passengers from the case counts.

This number only reflects lab-confirmed cases, not the total number of people in Berkeley infected with COVID-19, which we know is much larger. Data shows that there is substantial community spread in our area. Many people with COVID-19 experience mild or no symptoms, but they can still spread the disease to others. Additionally, many people with symptoms are not included in this number due to limitations on testing.

Last updated April 27, 2020