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- California has 3,501,394 confirmed cases to date.\u00a0Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- There were 3,816 newly recorded confirmed cases Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- The 7-day positivity rate is 2.2% and the 14-day positivity rate is 2.3%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- There have been 49,646,014 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 133,186 during the prior 24-hour reporting period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- As case numbers continue to rise in California, the total number of individuals who will have serious outcomes will also increase. There have been 54,124 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- As of March 7, providers have reported administering a total of 10,379,688 vaccine doses statewide. The\u00a0CDC reports that 13,345,790 doses have been delivered to entities within the state, and 13,950,495 vaccine doses, which includes the first and second dose, have been shipped. Numbers do not represent true day-to-day change as reporting may be delayed.<\/li>\n
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Tracking Variants<\/strong><\/p>\n
Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been identified globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. These genetic mutations are expected, and some\u00a0emerge and then disappear, while others persist or become common. Most variants do not have a meaningful impact.\u00a0Public health becomes concerned about a variant when it affects COVID-19 transmission, severity, testing, treatment or vaccine effectiveness. Get more information on the\u00a0variants CDPH is currently monitoring<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Blueprint for a Safer Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n
With the Regional Stay at Home Order rescinded statewide as of January 25, all counties are now under the rules and framework of the\u00a0Blueprint for a Safer Economy<\/a>\u00a0and color-coded tiers that indicate which activities and businesses are open based on local case rates and test positivity.<\/p>\n
Blueprint Summary\u00a0<\/strong>(as of March 2)<\/p>\n
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- 40 counties in the Purple (widespread) Tier<\/li>\n
- 16 counties in the Red (substantial) Tier<\/li>\n
- 2 counties in Orange (moderate) Tier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- As case numbers continue to rise in California, the total number of individuals who will have serious outcomes will also increase. There have been 54,124 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- There have been 49,646,014 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 133,186 during the prior 24-hour reporting period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The 7-day positivity rate is 2.2% and the 14-day positivity rate is 2.3%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- There were 3,816 newly recorded confirmed cases Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n