Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. To date, 43,792,254 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 703,599 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.
In the Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metropolitan area, located in California, a total of 229,708 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,023 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 13,385 cases per 100,000 people.
The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Sacramento metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, El Dorado County in California has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 16,635 infections in El Dorado County, or 8,912 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does El Dorado County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Sacramento metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 75 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in El Dorado County, below the 131 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 Oct. 8, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Dorado County, CA | 8,912 | 16,635 | 75 | 140 |
| 2 | Yolo County, CA | 9,204 | 19,786 | 114 | 245 |
| 3 | Placer County, CA | 10,022 | 38,093 | 101 | 384 |
| 4 | Sacramento County, CA | 10,278 | 155,194 | 147 | 2,224 |
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