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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 K-12 Schools

CDPH released COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California for the 2022-23 school year. In alignment with the state’s SMARTER plan, the guidance includes information on COVID-19 mitigation strategies to keep students, staff, and communities safe during the upcoming school year.

Disease management strategies in K-12 schools are guided by the principle that safe, in-person learning is critical to student well-being and development. California will continue to provide COVID-19 tests, personal protective equipment, and other resources to decrease the impact of COVID-19 and prevent broad disruption to in-person learning.

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

  • 77,630,160 total vaccines administered.
  • 84.0% of the population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 35,219 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 9,431,299 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 14,768 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 5.4 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (June 6, 2022 – June 12, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 14.8% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 3,467 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 372 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 7.5 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (June 6, 2022 – June 12, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 91,701 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 16 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 14.5 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (May 30, 2022 – June 5, 2022).