To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million 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 514,799 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,463 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 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 34,090 confirmed infections in El Dorado County, or 18,263 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 117 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in El Dorado County, below the 187 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 July 17, 2022.

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

Rank	Geography	COVID cases per 100,000 people	Total cases	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths
1	El Dorado County, CA	18,263	34,090	117	218
2	Placer County, CA	20,884	79,375	168	637
3	Yolo County, CA	22,501	48,372	152	326
4	Sacramento County, CA	23,375	352,962	206	3,114

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