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 POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTY, SOMETHING EXPERTS SAY COULD FACTOR ITO THE HIGHER NUMBER OF CASE >> YOU’RE GOING TO EXPECT TO SEE THINGS ACROSS THE BOARD MORE DISEASES IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO BE THERE IN ORDER FOR MORE CASES TO OCCUR. EMILY: SCHMIDTLEIN SAYS THE DATA SHOWS THE IMPACTS COVID IS HAVING ON CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT SAYS UNDERSTANDING WHY THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE MORE AFFECTED TAKES MORE WORK. >> WE CAN’T REALLY SPEAK TO THE TRUE ACTUAL UNDERLYING RISK WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THOSE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE INFLUENCING SUSCEPTIBI
Eight Sacramento County ZIP codes report 1,200+ COVID cases
Updated: 10:09 PM PST Dec 2, 2020
As COVID-19 cases surge across California, Sacramento County health officials said there is no single outbreak affecting any ZIP code. Data released Wednesday from the county public health department shows there are eight ZIP codes where 1,200 or more cases of COVID-19 have been reported.ZIP code 95823, which includes Valley Hi and North Laguna, reported the highest number of cases at 2,693. That ZIP code also has one of the higher populations in the county, a factor experts said could factor into the higher number of cases.“You’re going to expect to see across the board, more diseases in places where you have more people because it requires people to be there in order for more cases to occur,” said Mathew Schmidtlein, a professor at Sacramento State.Here are the ZIP codes with highest reported cases:95608: 1,515 cases95624: 1,601 cases95670: 1,363 cases95758: 1,292 cases95822: 1,254 cases95823: 2,693 cases95828: 1,716 cases95838: 1,364 casesSchmidtlein said the data shows the impacts COVID-19 is having on certain communities, but said understanding why those communities are more affected takes more work.“We can’t really speak to the true actual underlying risk without understanding those other characteristics that are influencing susceptibility,” Schmidtlein said.County health officials said much of the spread is due to “widespread private gatherings with non-household members.”
As COVID-19 cases surge across California, Sacramento County health officials said there is no single outbreak affecting any ZIP code. Data released Wednesday from the county public health department shows there are eight ZIP codes where 1,200 or more cases of COVID-19 have been reported.
ZIP code 95823, which includes Valley Hi and North Laguna, reported the highest number of cases at 2,693. That ZIP code also has one of the higher populations in the county, a factor experts said could factor into the higher number of cases.
“You’re going to expect to see across the board, more diseases in places where you have more people because it requires people to be there in order for more cases to occur,” said Mathew Schmidtlein, a professor at Sacramento State.
Here are the ZIP codes with highest reported cases:
- 95608: 1,515 cases
- 95624: 1,601 cases
- 95670: 1,363 cases
- 95758: 1,292 cases
- 95822: 1,254 cases
- 95823: 2,693 cases
- 95828: 1,716 cases
- 95838: 1,364 cases
Schmidtlein said the data shows the impacts COVID-19 is having on certain communities, but said understanding why those communities are more affected takes more work.
“We can’t really speak to the true actual underlying risk without understanding those other characteristics that are influencing susceptibility,” Schmidtlein said.
County health officials said much of the spread is due to “widespread private gatherings with non-household members.”