{"id":26530,"date":"2020-07-03T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26530"},"modified":"2020-07-03T15:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T22:39:26","slug":"state-officials-announce-latest-covid-19-facts-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26530","title":{"rendered":"State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013\u00a0The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__covid19.ca.gov_roadmap-2Dcounties_&amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;c=Lr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg&amp;r=lxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4&amp;m=u-tzDd22pEvbiqyozxJ0vAYPCz33u_KAMdBMCuhnugk&amp;s=oRwwyNdOmELSFgbOn0wfJMstZJllA0ndIIvrYpboeG4&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__covid19.ca.gov_roadmap-2Dcounties_%26d%3DDwMGaQ%26c%3DLr0a7ed3egkbwePCNW4ROg%26r%3Dlxj9wEtqoEBAma-Tvya2HHzMHlIs09hc7DK0RmkepS4%26m%3Du-tzDd22pEvbiqyozxJ0vAYPCz33u_KAMdBMCuhnugk%26s%3DoRwwyNdOmELSFgbOn0wfJMstZJllA0ndIIvrYpboeG4%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593898889972000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0KkjA-tyflRpQSQhfQ3Kua52AwQ\">positivity rate\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a0a key indicator of community spread\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is trending upward in the 14-day average. Hospitalization rates are also trending upward in the 14-day average.\u00a0California has 248,235 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed, as reported below.\u00a0There have been\u00a04,448,176\u00a0tests\u00a0conducted in California. As testing capacity continues to increase across the state, an increase in the number of positive cases has been\u00a0expected \u2013 increasing the importance of positivity rates to find signs of community spread. There have been\u00a06,263\u00a0COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>This Independence Day, Your Actions May Save Lives<\/b><br \/>\nThe California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell warns Californians not to gather with people outside of their immediate households\u00a0this Fourth of July weekend to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/OPA\/Pages\/NR20-145.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/OPA\/Pages\/NR20-145.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593898889972000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEf1kmHTMU_Y0X_ShkgDVYkuWTxJA\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about how you can protect yourself, family members and loved ones this weekend.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"m_2018626327014049868Picture_x0020_2\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=cb7df8f6cd&amp;attid=0.2&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1671233040912144655&amp;th=173169989c76d90f&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ-d8zQdnYGXHD8bfFUsTaDSuDQQgbsN8KgvDA8UhwU_hxORhuXpTKqmA3I0S2Ve75Ys_VKZV1D3O-4fEbfBanl6Khlh19tchoNYbKjBOBun1jk8USZF7ORSwZg&amp;disp=emb\" alt=\"A screenshot of a cell phone\n\nDescription automatically generated\" width=\"679\" height=\"509\" border=\"0\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013\u00a0The California Department of Public&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26531,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26530\/revisions\/26531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}