Sacramento County is experiencing a record spike in COVID-19 cases, with the rate up 177% in a week as the omicron variant tears across the country. The county’s dashboard reported a 7-day average case rate of 72.4 cases per 100,000 people, as of Dec. 30. The number represented a new peak since earlier pandemic surges. The previous rate highs were 63.5 in December 2020 and around 46 cases last August.It’s a stunning climb since one week earlier on Dec. 23 the county reported 26 cases per 100,000. Back around the end of November, the case rate stood at 10.2. Even then the rate wasn’t even close to a rate of 5 cases per 100,000 — what would be needed to ditch the county’s indoor mask mandate.The county’s test positivity rate is updated on Tuesdays. Sacramento County’s COVID-19 surge is progressing faster than the state as a whole, data show. California’s dashboard shows a statewide rate of 46 cases per 100,000 people. Hospitalizations in Sacramento County are also rising, according to a state dashboard. As of Sunday, there were 267 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county, compared to 165 on Dec. 26. That’s a nearly 62% increase in a week. There were 61 cases of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units on Sunday, up from 43 on Dec. 26, for a nearly 42% increase. KCRA 3 has reached out to the county’s public health department for comment.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
Sacramento County is experiencing a record spike in COVID-19 cases, with the rate up 177% in a week as the omicron variant tears across the country.
The county’s dashboard reported a 7-day average case rate of 72.4 cases per 100,000 people, as of Dec. 30.
The number represented a new peak since earlier pandemic surges. The previous rate highs were 63.5 in December 2020 and around 46 cases last August.
It’s a stunning climb since one week earlier on Dec. 23 the county reported 26 cases per 100,000.
Back around the end of November, the case rate stood at 10.2. Even then the rate wasn’t even close to a rate of 5 cases per 100,000 — what would be needed to ditch the county’s indoor mask mandate.
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The county’s test positivity rate is updated on Tuesdays.
Sacramento County’s COVID-19 surge is progressing faster than the state as a whole, data show. California’s dashboard shows a statewide rate of 46 cases per 100,000 people.
Hospitalizations in Sacramento County are also rising, according to a state dashboard.
As of Sunday, there were 267 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county, compared to 165 on Dec. 26. That’s a nearly 62% increase in a week.
There were 61 cases of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units on Sunday, up from 43 on Dec. 26, for a nearly 42% increase.
KCRA 3 has reached out to the county’s public health department for comment.