Eight Sacramento County ZIP codes report 1,200+ COVID cases – KCRA Sacramento
FACTORS AFFECTING THE NUMBER OF CASES. >> THINGS LIKE RACE AND ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, EDUCATION, GENDER, SEX, THESE KINDS OF FACTORS. EMILY: THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FACTORS EXPERTS SAY ARE IN PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES HITTING CERTAIN ZIP CODES. DR. MATHEW SCHMIDTLEIN IS A PROFESSOR AT SACRAMENTO STATE. >> RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHO IS IN A PLACE, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF DISEASES. EMILY: ACCORDING TO TODAY’S DATA FROM THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE EIGHT ZIP CODES WHERE 1200 OF MORE CASES OF COVID-19 HAVE BEEN REPORTE 95823, THE ZIP CODE FOR VALLEY HI AND NORTH LAGUNA, REPORTS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES, WITH 2,693. BUT THAT ZIP CODE ALSO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHER POPULA...