News Raging wildfires linked to thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths in 2020, study says August 17, 2021Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAYComments Off on Raging wildfires linked to thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths in 2020, study says COVID-19 cases had the biggest increase in Sonoma County, California, and Whitman County, Washington, sites of the Glass Fire and Babb-Malden Fire.