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.

The technical issue affecting yesterday’s vaccine data has been resolved. Today’s release represents the latest data.

Tomorrow, Thursday, March 31, the CDPH offices will be closed in observance of Cesar Chavez Day. The next daily news release will be delivered on Friday, April 1.

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

  • 72,725,111 total vaccines administered.
  • 83.8% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 24,967 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 8,487,070 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 1,959 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 4.2 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (March 7, 2022 – March 13, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 1.3% (average rate over 7 days).


Hospitalizations

  • There are 1,391 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 246 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 8.0 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (March 7, 2022 – March 13, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 88,043 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 48 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 11.0 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (February 28, 2022 – March 6, 2022).