State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California’s positivity rate – a key indicator of community spread – remains stable in the 14-day average. Hospitalization rates remain stable over the long-term while showing a slight uptick in the 14-day average. California has 161,099 confirmed cases to date. Please note, numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed. There were 4,084 new confirmed cases Wednesday. More than half of new cases were reported from Los Angeles County, with 600 results coming in from an earlier period. There have been 3,074,530 tests conducted in California. As testing capacity continues to increase across the state, an increase in the number of positive cases has been expected – increasing the importance of positivity rates to find signs of community spread. There have been 5,290 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.