These Are the Counties in the Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

There have been 88,027,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metropolitan area, located in California, a total of 514,799 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,463 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others.

The broader Sacramento metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Sacramento County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 352,962 confirmed infections in Sacramento County, or 23,375 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Sacramento County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Sacramento area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 206 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Sacramento County, compared to 187 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 16, 2022.

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