The Los Angeles Post

COVID-19 Updates for February 9

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SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 in California. 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

  • 87,896,913 total vaccines administered.
  • 72.6% of the population has been vaccinated with a primary series.
  • 12,275 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 11,061,732 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 2,635 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • During December 2022, unvaccinated people were 2.4 times more likely to get COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

 

Testing

  • The testing positivity rate is 5.7% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 2,477 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 275 ICU patients statewide.
  • During December 2022, unvaccinated people were 2.6 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Deaths

  • There have been 99,694 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 29 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • During December 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.0 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.