notice Reuters emphasises cases, doesn’t give any figures for deaths, except for the Fire Chief saying three to four suspected COVID patients die in their homes in the city every day.
also note Reuters says:
406 cases per every 100,000 residents.
AP not much better, but they do put provide some less scary figures:
22 May: KPBS: Associated Press: California Rushes To Aid Virus-Stricken Imperial County
As many parts of the state eased restrictions, Newsom said Imperial County, with a population of 175,000 people in the state’s southeastern corner, “continues to be of concern.”...
It is unclear what caused the surge in coronavirus patients. But Adolphe Edward, chief executive officer of El Centro Regional Medical Center, is among those who believe that U.S. citizens who live in Mexicali, Mexico, play a major part...
Hospitalizations from COVID-19 had dropped to 60 on Friday from 74 on Tuesday, according to the Imperial County Health Department website. But patients have been to other hospitals in Southern California. The region’s two hospitals sent 16 patients outside the region on Monday and Tuesday alone.
El Centro Regional Medical Center, the largest in the Imperial Valley, had 52 coronavirus patients Friday, down from 65 earlier this week, said Edward, who declared himself “at ease” but expressed concern that socializing over Memorial Day weekend could produce more cases...
Angulo said U.S. citizens in Mexicali may be affecting the count but that it was difficult to quantify. The region has many dual citizens who live in Mexicali.
“We are a binational community,” she said. “There’s a lot of interaction both northbound and southbound every day in our regular lives.”
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/may/22/california-rushes-to-aid-virus-stricken-border/
““We are a binational community,” she said. “There’s a lot of interaction both northbound and southbound every day in our regular lives.””
It’s interesting there, Mexicali is a BIG city, Calexico, on the US side is far smaller, and is a major industrial center (whereas TJ is/was mostly for tourists). Most of the local border traffic there are (or at least were) actually wealthy Mexicans shopping in the US, and then going back home.