After nearly five months of dramatic differences, the number of coronavirus cases is nearly the same between the more urbanized western part of Nevada County and the more rural eastern part. The County’s interim Public Health Officer, Doctor Richard Johnson, says the main reason is more gatherings in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area that involve multiple households…

The eastern part of the county mainly features cases from the Truckee area. Meanwhile, Johnson says the infection rate remains low, at around two-percent, compared to the state rate of around seven-percent, which has kept the county off the “watchlist” for more closings of businesses…

There are now more cases confirmed in the western county, at 158, than the eastern county, which has nearly the same number, at 154. 57 cases are still considered active, but with no hospitalizations.