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.

 

Vaccinations

  • 65,386,357 total vaccines administered.
  • 79.7% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 143,991 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 5,480,265 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 54,695 (average daily case count over 7 days).

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 21.3% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations (*Note: As of January 5, 2022, hospitalized and ICU patients only reflect confirmed COVID-19 cases).

  • There are 8,032* hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 1,390* ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people were 10.1 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 (data from December 13, 2021 to December 19, 2021).

Deaths

  • There have been 76,054 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 45 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people were 16.6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 (data from December 6, 2021 to December 12, 2021).