COVID-19 cases increasing in county but local monthly vaccinations decline

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the region with the Delta variant, the number of residents being vaccinated decreased in July to its lowest level this year, according to statistics from San Diego County and Fallbrook Regional Health District.

Fallbrook's infection rate is slightly less than the county average. Countywide, through Aug. 3, there have been 301,100 reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic. The county rate per 100,000 people is 8,983.3. The 4,176 reported cases in Fallbrook (92028) gives it the lower rate of 8,828.5 per 100,000.

"Like most of the county, we are part...