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

The risk of infection, hospitalization and death is highest among unvaccinated populations. See the data for unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Vaccinations

  • 68,599,763 total vaccines administered.
  • 81.5% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 129,883 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 7,419,643 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 97,275 (average daily case count over 7 days).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 20.4% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 15,204 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 2,602 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people were 6.0 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 (data from December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 78,101 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 47 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people were 17.8 times more likely to die from COVID-19 (data from December 20, 2021 to December 26, 2021).