California Has The Lowest COVID-19 Rate in the U.S.

California has the lowest COVID-19 case rate in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The bright spot for California comes amid an increase in cases in most of the country, the CDC said in its most recent weekly report.

The CDC said Friday that the weekly rate of new COVID-19 cases in California had dropped 29% from the week before. California is the only state where the level of community transmission is considered "substantial" as opposed to "high." Puerto Rico's community transmission level is also considered "substantial," which is the second-highest of the CDC's four tiers.

The CDC report underscored the importance of vaccines in curbing the spread of the predominant delta variant. A recent CDC study found that people who were not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 had about 10 times the risk of being hospitalized with or dying from coronavirus compared to people who were fully vaccinated.

As of Tuesday, nearly 83% of eligible Californians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal data. More than 25 million Californians are considered fully vaccinated, according to the state's vaccination progress dashboard. Roughly 40 million people live in the Golden State.

And while California may have the lowest coronavirus case rate in the country, the COVID-19 situation varies county to county.

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Source: KCRA

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