The Los Angeles Post

tate 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

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

  • 74,815,999 total vaccines administered.
  • 84.2% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 51,757 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 8,587,792 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 3,286 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 5.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (March 28, 2022 – April 3, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 2.7% (average rate over 7 days).


Hospitalizations

  • There are 950 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 112 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 12.5 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (March 28, 2022 – April 3, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 89,391 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 15 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 8.8 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (March 21, 2022 – March 27, 2022).