Since early 2020 the novel coronavirus has ebbed and flowed through California’s population, making its way to every corner of the state, tallying nearly 10 million recorded
infections, and over 92,000 deaths.
This graphic shows where and when COVID flared up around the state, using the 7-day average of daily cases per 100,000 residents, for each week over the past 2-plus years.
If you watch closely you can see how in previous surges, new infections took off in different parts of the state, and spread from there. In the most recent weeks, counties around the San Francisco Bay have been lighting up, after the lull following the record-breaking case rates recorded during this winter’s first omicron surge, which turned the whole state dark red on the scale.
If you watch it a few times, you might notice that, until recent weeks, the Bay Area stayed light on the map for much of the pandemic, even when other parts of the state were deep in the red.
Source: www.mercurynews.com