San Francisco Has Lowest COVID-19 Rate In Area

San Francisco CA

28 July, 2021

12:23 PM

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24/7 Wall St. San Francisco 2021-07-28 Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 34,092,714 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 604,940 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area, a total of 263,781 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 5,645 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,421 cases per 100,000 people. The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward is being driven by one area in particular. The broader San Francisco metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, San Francisco County in California has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 38,536 infections in San Francisco County, or 4,429 for every 100,000 people. Not only does San Francisco County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the San Francisco metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate. There have been a total of 64 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in San Francisco County, below the 74 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 23, 2021. These are all the counties in California where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Can't see the article's infographic? Click here to view the original story. This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.