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.

Updated Guidance for Mega Events

Effective April 1, 2022, the requirement for vaccine verification or proof of negative tests for attendees at Indoor Mega Events will move to a strong recommendation. See the full updated guidance.

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

  • 72,366,458 total vaccines administered.
  • 83.6% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 28,754 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 8,450,009 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 2,785 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 5.0 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (February 21, 2022 – February 27, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 1.5% (average rate over 7 days).


Hospitalizations

  • There are 2,057 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 343 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 7.3 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (February 21, 2022 – February 27, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 87,194 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 95 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 14.5 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (February 14, 2022 – February 20, 2022).