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struggle4progress

(118,280 posts) Sat Sep 18, 2021, 08:48 PM Sep 2021

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California reports lowest COVID case rate in country

BY TORI B. POWELL
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 / 7:49 PM / CBS NEWS

California, which at one point was the country's epicenter of COVID-19, is now the state reporting the lowest positivity rate per 100,000 people ... As of Saturday evening, 24.99 new confirmed cases were reported for every 100,000 people in California, Johns Hopkins University data found ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-lowest-positivity-rate-in-us/

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California reports lowest COVID case rate in country (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2021 OP

Recall Governor Newsom, he's NOT killing us!!!!!!!!!! winstars Sep 2021 #1

My very blue county is much lower than this senseandsensibility Sep 2021 #2

Florida's case rate is about 10 times California's... hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2021 #3

Good to read this summary report msfiddlestix Sep 2021 #4

winstars

(4,220 posts)

1. Recall Governor Newsom, he's NOT killing us!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:31 PM

Sep 2021

senseandsensibility

(17,000 posts)

2. My very blue county is much lower than this

Reply to winstars (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:41 PM

Sep 2021

and our vaccination rate is very high even by CA standards! So proud of my state. And yes, Newsom deserves credit.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)

3. Florida's case rate is about 10 times California's...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 12:12 AM

Sep 2021

based on looking at the numbers in the article.

msfiddlestix

(7,278 posts)

4. Good to read this summary report

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 08:10 AM

Sep 2021

just one question: is the number 24.99 intended to mean "percentage"? or simply 25 cases (rounding off) for every 100,000 people?

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