Despite implementing some of the strictest public health measures in the country, California’s COVID-19 rate is now twice that of Florida.

“You’re paying for your success, which is weird,” Ali H. Mokdad, professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington, told Mercury News when asked why Californians aren’t “reaping more reward for their adherence to health guidance.”

“You succeed in controlling the virus, and now you’re having infections.”

California has seen its infection rate climb up, with the state overall being placed into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s red “high” level of transmission. Most Bay Area counties remain stuck in the orange, with the exception of San Francisco, which is at yellow, according to Mercury News.

Southern Gulf Coast states now make up some of the lowest transmission states in the country. Texas and Florida are part of the block of states with an orange transmission level, where leaders have pushed against instituting large-scale containment efforts in recent months.