State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts

by admin · September 3, 2020

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19.

California has 717,177 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed.
There were 5,125 newly recorded confirmed cases Wednesday. Numbers do not represent true day-over-day change as these results include cases from prior to yesterday.
The 7-day positivity rate is 4.5% and the 14-day positivity rate is 5.0%.
There have been 11,663,924 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 83,554 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
As case numbers continue to rise in California, the total number of individuals who will have serious outcomes will also increase. There have been 13,327 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.