![]() Fifth & Mission Podcast Fifth & Mission is diving into all the ways COVID-19 is impacting life in the Bay Area. California has the highest totals in the nation in terms of cases and deaths, but on a per-capita basis, the number of cases and deaths are below the national average. has the highest reported total COVID-19 cases of any country. Before vaccines were widely available, the World Health Organization had established a recommended positivity rate of 5% for reopening. Free home tests are being offered on the White House website. Home tests, most of which are not included in these numbers, are being recommended in hopes that people who test positive will stay home and isolate. The volume of reported tests ramped up as the omicron variant took hold. What is the status of testing in California? In another sign of emergence from the summer wave, the state's percent of coronavirus tests coming back positive has fallen from the July peak of 16%, sliding to a 7-day average of just over 11% by the third week of August, state data indicates. While down by more than half from the start of July, the 7-day average for Bay Area new infections, at 24 per 100,000 people, remained above the ratio of fewer than 5 new cases per 100,000 that the CDC considers a safe level of community transmission. ![]() Case rates have been dropping since then, with Bay Area numbers in mid-August reaching the lowest level since late May. The summer coronavirus surge in California, driven largely by the BA.5 strain of the omicron variant, peaked in July. What are the current trends in California?
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