The Los Angeles Post

COVID-19 Updates for March 16

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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

  • 88,344,968 total vaccines administered.
  • 72.8% of the population has been vaccinated with a primary series.
  • 8,179 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

  • California has 11,162,835 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 2,295 (average daily case count over 7 days).
  • During January 2023, 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 5.7% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

  • There are 2,093 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 252 ICU patients statewide.
  • During January 2023, 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 100,799 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 17 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
  • During January 2023, unvaccinated people were 2.9 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.