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.

Update on ICU Capacity

While statewide case rates continue to drop and hospitalization rates are stabilizing, ICUs in the San Joaquin Valley are at or near capacity activating surge protocols which allows flexibility to transfer patients to hospitals with additional ICU capacity. Counties within the region include: Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne.

More information about the surge protocols can be found here. These surge protocols have been in place since August 2021 to ensure hospitals can provide all Californians the care they need.

“California has measures in place to respond to the surge and changing dynamics of the pandemic,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency. “ICUs in the San Joaquin Valley, where vaccination rates are lower, are nearing capacity. Californians will get through this latest surge by continuing to follow the science, including by getting vaccinated and boosted, which is the safest way to protect yourself from the virus.”

 

Statewide COVID-19 Data

Rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are highest among unvaccinated individuals and lowest among boosted individuals. This is true for all age groups. See additional data for unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

CDPH Graphic Showing various COVID-19 stats.

Vaccinations

  • 69,152,754 total vaccines administered.
  • 81.7% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 122,422 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 7,706,395 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 82,997 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 8 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (week of Jan 16).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 18.8% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 14,674 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 2,585 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 13 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (week of Jan 9).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 78,825 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 64 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 22 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (week of Jan 2).