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

  • 79,522,958 total vaccines administered.
  • 80.1% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 20,500 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 10,237,892 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 8,769 (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 10.0% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 3,143 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 385 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 94,047 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 33 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).