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The cases per capita in SF were about 1/10 those in LA at its peak, so the pandemic in california was really focused in socal.

But you’re comparing a city of 800k to a city of 10M.

Oh aha, thanks for that stat, I didn't know.

I had the same suspicion and did the math based on the numbers below.

40,273 cases/1M pop (better than 49 states)

597 deaths/1M pop (better than 48 states)