Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, there have been 46,413,700 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metropolitan area, located in California, a total of 244,470 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,667 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 14,187 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 164,614 infections in Sacramento County, or 10,901 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 157 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Sacramento County, compared to 141 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 Nov. 12, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento County, CA | 10,901 | 164,614 | 157 | 2,373 |
| 2 | Placer County, CA | 10,787 | 40,999 | 116 | 439 |
| 3 | Yolo County, CA | 9,805 | 21,078 | 119 | 255 |
| 4 | El Dorado County, CA | 9,525 | 17,779 | 84 | 156 |
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