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.

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

  • 78,156,577 total vaccines administered.
  • 79.5% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 35,869 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 9,752,509 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 19,458 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 5.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (June 20, 2022 – June 26, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 16.1% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 4,676 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 528 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 9.4 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (June 20, 2022 – June 26, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 92,292 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 21 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 8.2 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (June 13, 2022 – June 19, 2022).