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.

Masking Guidance

In California, starting March 1, masks will no longer be required for unvaccinated individuals, but will be strongly recommended for all individuals in most indoor settings. After March 11, in schools and child care facilities, masks will not be required but will be strongly recommended. Masks will still be required for everyone in high transmission settings like public transit, emergency shelters, health care settings, correctional facilities, homeless shelters and long-term care facilities. As always, local jurisdictions may have additional requirements beyond the state guidance. More information is available in the updated state guidance for face coverings.

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.

Vaccinations

  • 71,572,458 total vaccines administered.
  • 83.1% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 46,581 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 8,381,196 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 8,124 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 5.4 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (January 31, 2022 – February 6, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 2.9% (average rate over 7 days).


Hospitalizations

  • There are 4,233 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 817 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 10.5 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (January 31, 2022 – February 6, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 84,700 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 187 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 16.0 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (January 24, 2022 – January 30, 2022).