State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts

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

  • 80,646,485 total vaccines administered.
  • 80.4% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
  • 67,193 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 10,384,673 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 4,409 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • During July 2022, unvaccinated people were 2.6 times more likely to get COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 5.0% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 2,115 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 283 ICU patients statewide.
  • During July 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.0 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

 

Deaths

  • There have been 95,009 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 26 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • During July 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.