Documenting COVID-19
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Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office 2020 COVID-19 deaths
Date Updated: April 7, 2021
Date Added: April 7, 2021
Santa Clara County, California
Principal Subject: Santa Clara County Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden
This material includes the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office response to a California Public Records Act request for case records, including COVID-19 deaths, dating January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.
Date Range: January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020
Format Details: zipped file of a .csv spreadsheet
Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office 2019 deaths
Date Updated: April 7, 2021
Date Added: April 7, 2021
Santa Clara County, California
Principal Subject: Santa Clara County Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden
This material includes the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office response to a California Public Records Act request for case records dating January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.
Date Range: January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019
Format Details: zipped file of a .csv spreadsheet
Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office 2018 deaths
Date Updated: April 7, 2021
Date Added: April 7, 2021
Santa Clara County, California
Principal Subject: Santa Clara County Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden
This material includes the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office response to a California Public Records Act request for case records dating January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.
Date Range: January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018
Format Details: zipped file of a .csv spreadsheet
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