The number of active COVID-19 cases in Imperial County has dropped a bit.

As of Thursday, July 21, 2022, there are 1,421 individuals with active COVID infections. That is down from 1,522 active cases reported Tuesday. Deaths attributed to the virus increased from 942 reported Tuesday to 944 as of Thursday. The positivity rate of individuals being tested is 47.9 percent with 65.80 new cases per day per 100,000 of population. The high number of active cases is consistent with numbers throughout the state and is due to a sub-variant of the virus that is highly contagious and also has the ability to reinfect individuals that have had the virus previously.