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

  • 79,191,867 total vaccines administered.
  • 79.9% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 28,723 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 10,104,761 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 12,265 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 6.9 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (July 11, 2022 – July 17, 2022).

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 12.9% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 3,988 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 457 ICU patients statewide.
  • Unvaccinated people are 11.7 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (July 11, 2022 – July 17, 2022).

 

Deaths

  • There have been 93,378 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 34 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • Unvaccinated people are 11.2 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (July 4, 2022 – July 10, 2022).