This Is The County In The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

San Francisco CA

05 October, 2021

12:24 PM

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24/7 Wall St. San Francisco 2021-10-05 As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 43,086,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area, located in California, a total of 337,665 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 7,226 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 13,169 cases per 100,000 people. Even though San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward 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 San Francisco metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Contra Costa County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 97,109 infections in Contra Costa County, or 8,569 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Contra Costa County than they are across all of the San Francisco area, however. There have been a total of 82 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Contra Costa County, in line with 80 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 Oct. 1, 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.