The Los Angeles Post

State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts

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SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 and updates on the state’s pandemic response. The most up to date data is available on the state’s COVID-19 data dashboard.

Statewide COVID-19 Data

 

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are largely occurring among unvaccinated populations. See the data for unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

  • Unvaccinated people were 6.9 times more likely to get COVID-19 (data from October 31, 2021 to November , 2021).
  • Unvaccinated people were 11.9 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 (data from October 24, 2021 tp October 30, 2021).
  • Unvaccinated people were 16.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19 (data from October 17, 2021 to October 23, 2021).

Vaccinations

  • 56,080,244 total vaccines administered.
  • 74.8% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 181,405 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 4,748,429 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 4,811 (average daily case count over 7 days).

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 2.2% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 3,752 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 967 ICU patients statewide.

Deaths

  • There have been 72,718 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 52 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).