Latest wave hitting Southern California hospitals
Roseville, Calif.- The latest COVID-19 surge has been moving across the country and state at surprising speed due to the Omicron variant. Although not nearly as deadly or severe in most cases, the amount of infections continues to soar while driving up hospitalizations.
In California, we took a look at the top 36 counties with a population over 100,000. These counties represent ~98% of the state's total population. The data help us find where the latest COVID-19 surge is impacting healthcare systems around the state. As of January 16, Imperial County has the highest hospitalization rate per capita in the State of California.
According to the California Dept of Public Health, "from December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.8 times more likely to get COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people."
Jan 16
| County | Pop. | Hospitalizations | Per Capita |
| Imperial | 180,599 | 95 | 0.0526% |
| San Bernadino | 2,206,750 | 1107 | 0.0502% |
| Placer | 410,327 | 205 | 0.0500% |
| Los Angeles | 9,969,510 | 4257 | 0.0427% |
| Stanislaus | 555,728 | 220 | 0.0396% |
| Riverside | 2,520,060 | 991 | 0.0393% |
| Fresno | 1,013,400 | 390 | 0.0385% |
| Ventura | 841,734 | 310 | 0.0368% |
| Orange | 3,175,130 | 1154 | 0.0363% |
| San Diego | 3,347,270 | 1180 | 0.0353% |
| Sacramento | 1,578,680 | 505 | 0.0320% |
| San Joaquin | 781,462 | 217 | 0.0278% |
| Shasta | 180,822 | 50 | 0.0277% |
| Butte | 196,880 | 54 | 0.0274% |
| Kings | 156,056 | 42 | 0.0269% |
| Kern | 913,090 | 244 | 0.0267% |
| Solano | 451,479 | 117 | 0.0259% |
| San Francisco | 883,255 | 228 | 0.0258% |
| Santa Clara | 1,918,880 | 461 | 0.0240% |
| Alameda | 1,680,480 | 401 | 0.0239% |
| Santa Barbara | 447,937 | 103 | 0.0230% |
| Napa | 135,654 | 30 | 0.0221% |
| Madera | 158,217 | 34 | 0.0215% |
| Humboldt | 134,186 | 28 | 0.0209% |
| Tulare | 469,407 | 91 | 0.0194% |
| Contra Costa | 1,159,540 | 214 | 0.0185% |
| San Mateo | 762,357 | 138 | 0.0181% |
| Sonoma | 485,722 | 85 | 0.0175% |
| Merced | 284,738 | 49 | 0.0172% |
| San Luis Obispo | 282,625 | 44 | 0.0156% |
| Monterey | 434,283 | 65 | 0.0150% |
| Nevada | 100,249 | 14 | 0.0140% |
| Santa Cruz | 271,957 | 35 | 0.0129% |
| Marin * | 257,154 | 33 | 0.0128% |
| El Dorado | 197,037 | 13 | 0.0066% |
| Yolo | 221,264 | 14 | 0.0063% |
COVID Data: California Dept of Public Health
January 12
| County | Pop. | Hospitalizations | Per Capita |
| Placer | 410,327 | 215 | 0.0524% |
| Imperial | 180,599 | 86 | 0.0476% |
| San Bernadino | 2,206,750 | 1024 | 0.0464% |
| Los Angeles | 9,969,510 | 3912 | 0.0392% |
| Riverside | 2,520,060 | 943 | 0.0374% |
| Fresno | 1,013,400 | 356 | 0.0351% |
| Stanislaus | 555,728 | 192 | 0.0345% |
| Orange County | 3,175,130 | 1071 | 0.0337% |
| Butte | 196,880 | 63 | 0.0320% |
| San Diego | 3,347,270 | 1066 | 0.0318% |
| Ventura | 841,734 | 265 | 0.0315% |
| Sacramento | 1,578,680 | 464 | 0.0294% |
| Shasta | 180,822 | 51 | 0.0282% |
| San Joaquin | 781,462 | 218 | 0.0279% |
| Solano | 451,479 | 122 | 0.0270% |
| Kern | 913,090 | 233 | 0.0255% |
| San Francisco | 883,255 | 211 | 0.0239% |
| Kings | 156,056 | 36 | 0.0231% |
| Santa Clara | 1,918,880 | 442 | 0.0230% |
| Santa Barbara | 447,937 | 98 | 0.0219% |
| Madera | 158,217 | 32 | 0.0202% |
| Alameda | 1,680,480 | 325 | 0.0193% |
| Contra Costa | 1,159,540 | 206 | 0.0178% |
| Tulare | 469,407 | 81 | 0.0173% |
| Merced | 284,738 | 48 | 0.0169% |
| Sonoma | 485,722 | 80 | 0.0165% |
| Napa | 135,654 | 22 | 0.0162% |
| San Mateo | 762,357 | 114 | 0.0150% |
| San Luis Obispo | 282,625 | 41 | 0.0145% |
| Monterey | 434,283 | 63 | 0.0145% |
| Humboldt | 134,186 | 18 | 0.0134% |
| Santa Cruz | 271,957 | 34 | 0.0125% |
| Nevada | 100,249 | 12 | 0.0120% |
| Marin * | 257,154 | 22 | 0.0086% |
| El Dorado | 197,037 | 16 | 0.0081% |
| Yolo | 221,264 | 12 | 0.0054% |
COVID Data: California Dept of Public Health
January 11
| County | Pop. | Hospitalizations | Per Capita |
| Placer | 410,327 | 208 | 0.0507% |
| Imperial | 180,599 | 83 | 0.0460% |
| San Bernadino | 2,206,750 | 971 | 0.0440% |
| Los Angeles | 9,969,510 | 3766 | 0.0378% |
| Riverside | 2,520,060 | 901 | 0.0358% |
| Stanislaus | 555,728 | 192 | 0.0345% |
| Fresno | 1,013,400 | 348 | 0.0343% |
| Orange | 3,175,130 | 1013 | 0.0319% |
| San Diego | 3,347,270 | 1061 | 0.0317% |
| Ventura | 841,734 | 261 | 0.0310% |
| Butte | 196,880 | 59 | 0.0300% |
| Sacramento | 1,578,680 | 464 | 0.0294% |
| Shasta | 180,822 | 49 | 0.0271% |
| San Joaquin | 781,462 | 196 | 0.0251% |
| Kings | 156,056 | 37 | 0.0237% |
| Kern | 913,090 | 216 | 0.0237% |
| San Francisco | 883,255 | 193 | 0.0219% |
| Santa Clara | 1,918,880 | 418 | 0.0218% |
| Santa Barbara | 447,937 | 94 | 0.0210% |
| Alameda | 1,680,480 | 323 | 0.0192% |
| Solano | 451,479 | 75 | 0.0166% |
| Sonoma | 485,722 | 80 | 0.0165% |
| Madera | 158,217 | 25 | 0.0158% |
| Tulare | 469,407 | 74 | 0.0158% |
| Merced | 284,738 | 44 | 0.0155% |
| Contra Costa | 1,159,540 | 176 | 0.0152% |
| San Mateo | 762,357 | 111 | 0.0146% |
| Humboldt | 134,186 | 18 | 0.0134% |
| Napa | 135,654 | 18 | 0.0133% |
| San Luis Obispo | 282,625 | 37 | 0.0131% |
| Nevada | 100,249 | 13 | 0.0130% |
| Monterey | 434,283 | 56 | 0.0129% |
| Santa Cruz | 271,957 | 27 | 0.0099% |
| Marin * | 257,154 | 23 | 0.0089% |
| El Dorado | 197,037 | 16 | 0.0081% |
| Yolo | 221,264 | 7 | 0.0032% |
COVID Data: California Dept of Public Health
January 9, 2022
| County | Pop. | Hospitalizations Per Capita | Current COVID Hospitalizations |
| Placer | 410,327 | 0.0395% | 162 |
| San Bernadino | 2,206,750 | 0.0391% | 862 |
| Imperial | 180,599 | 0.0354% | 64 |
| Riverside | 2,520,060 | 0.0314% | 791 |
| Los Angeles | 9,969,510 | 0.0291% | 2902 |
| Fresno | 1,013,400 | 0.0279% | 283 |
| Stanislaus | 555,728 | 0.0275% | 153 |
| San Diego | 3,347,270 | 0.0250% | 837 |
| Shasta | 180,822 | 0.0249% | 45 |
| Orange | 3,175,130 | 0.0245% | 779 |
| Butte | 196,880 | 0.0239% | 47 |
| Ventura | 841,734 | 0.0233% | 196 |
| Sacramento | 1,578,680 | 0.0202% | 319 |
| Kern | 913,090 | 0.0183% | 167 |
| Santa Clara | 1,918,880 | 0.0169% | 324 |
| Santa Barbara | 447,937 | 0.0167% | 75 |
| Solano | 451,479 | 0.0166% | 75 |
| San Joaquin | 781,462 | 0.0164% | 128 |
| San Francisco | 883,255 | 0.0151% | 133 |
| Merced | 284,738 | 0.0148% | 42 |
| Madera | 158,217 | 0.0145% | 23 |
| Alameda | 1,680,480 | 0.0145% | 243 |
| Monterey | 434,283 | 0.0143% | 62 |
| Kings | 156,056 | 0.0141% | 22 |
| Tulare | 469,407 | 0.0136% | 64 |
| Humboldt | 134,186 | 0.0134% | 18 |
| San Luis Obispo | 282,625 | 0.0120% | 34 |
| Nevada | 100,249 | 0.0120% | 12 |
| Contra Costa | 1,159,540 | 0.0115% | 133 |
| Napa | 135,654 | 0.0103% | 14 |
| Sonoma | 485,722 | 0.0099% | 48 |
| San Mateo | 762,357 | 0.0088% | 67 |
| Marin * | 257,154 | 0.0078% | 20 |
| El Dorado | 197,037 | 0.0076% | 15 |
| Santa Cruz | 271,957 | 0.0063% | 17 |
| Yolo | 221,264 | 0.0041% | 9 |
COVID Data: California Dept of Public Health
Placer County Health's January 7th Update
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