New data was released on Wednesday showing the Bay Area’s progress against COVID-19.
Throughout the nine counties which make up the Bay, there is an average of one coronavirus death per day, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. This is the lowest number the Bay Area has seen since the start of the pandemic, despite the recent rise of the contagious Delta variant.
These statistics are a major improvement from seven months ago, at the depths of the winter surge, when the region was seeing a rate of 70 deaths per day.
Not only has the death rate gone down dramatically, but July 4 through July 6 saw no reported coronavirus deaths. This was the first time in 15 months that three consecutive days had passed without a COVID-19 fatality, the newspaper described.
Officials are equating these low numbers to the Bay Area’s high vaccination percentage. The Delta variant has not been successful in causing mass fatalities because residents have received their first and second dose of Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson.
However, the nine-county region did see an uptick in cases this week, topping 200 for the first time since mid-May.
Even though the Bay Area is handling the virus, COVID-19 is far from over as the global death toll reached four million on Wednesday.
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