By Theresa Clift and Phillip Reese, The Sacramento Bee, June 20, 2020
The recent surge in Sacramento County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases has hit several socioeconomically-disadvantaged communities hard, including some places that had previously avoided the worst of the outbreak, according to a Sacramento Bee review of county and census data.
All five of the ZIP codes with the highest rates of COVID-19 cases per 10,000 residents diagnosed from mid-May through mid-June are in areas with high poverty rates. Del Paso Heights, Old North Sacramento and Lemon Hill were hit especially hard.
Sacramento community leaders said while they were not surprised by the recent surges, they were saddened and disappointed to learn the city is not immune to a national trend. Low income Black and Latino residents have been disproportionately affected by the virus across the country.
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