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

San Francisco CA

14 December, 2021

11:23 AM

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24/7 Wall St. San Francisco 2021-12-14 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 49,242,000 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 364,614 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 7,802 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 15,051 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 104,815 infections in Contra Costa County, or 9,249 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Contra Costa County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the San Francisco 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 93 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Contra Costa County, compared to 88 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 Dec. 10, 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.