Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: December 1, 2021 3:00 am

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, 47,702,004 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 770,162 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 248,716 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,853 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 14,580 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 18,145 infections in El Dorado County, or 9,721 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 86 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in El Dorado County, below the 144 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. 26, 2021.

These are all the counties in California where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).