{"id":47163,"date":"2022-04-13T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47163"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:37:28","slug":"state-officials-announce-latest-covid-19-facts-597","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47163","title":{"rendered":"State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SACRAMENTO \u2013 Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 and updates on the state\u2019s pandemic response.\u00a0The most up to date data is available on the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/__;!!AvL6XA!ilyC9yQicqaQMA2gb8hX0K41Q8T1wPnceRKaihuoBl3CBH1Kp0btT6mU6OXMcP934vFPuWQi0w$\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/__;!!AvL6XA!ilyC9yQicqaQMA2gb8hX0K41Q8T1wPnceRKaihuoBl3CBH1Kp0btT6mU6OXMcP934vFPuWQi0w$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649972168076000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27bWZF14pE0UZlIQ-7an5-\">COVID-19 data dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Statement from California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Tom\u00e1s J. Arag\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In California we are utilizing the SMARTER Plan to guide our response to the pandemic and we are closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in our state, where B.A2 is now the dominant variant. While COVID-19 hospitalization rates are near an all-time low, we are seeing an increase in COVID-19 transmission in some parts of the state. This underscores the need for Californians to remain vigilant and protect themselves and their communities by getting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/COVID-19-Vaccine-Boosters.aspx\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/COVID-19-Vaccine-Boosters.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649972168076000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Bh8LKe0TYBfnzv1il4msv\">vaccinated and boosted<\/a>. Vaccines continue to offer strong protection against COVID-19, including this variant. This is why the FDA has authorized a second booster dose for those in our most vulnerable categories, including people aged 50 and older. Getting this additional booster is the best way to maintain your protection against COVID-19 and its variants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/myturn.ca.gov\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/myturn.ca.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649972168076000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2H5JEpSA23-byTAT75BxHt\">myturn.ca.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call (833) 422-4255 to make your vaccine or booster appointment today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Statewide COVID-19 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are highest among unvaccinated individuals and lowest among boosted individuals. This is true for all age groups.\u00a0See additional data for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/*postvax-status__;Iw!!AvL6XA!ilyC9yQicqaQMA2gb8hX0K41Q8T1wPnceRKaihuoBl3CBH1Kp0btT6mU6OXMcP934vEtsYlRNw$\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/*postvax-status__;Iw!!AvL6XA!ilyC9yQicqaQMA2gb8hX0K41Q8T1wPnceRKaihuoBl3CBH1Kp0btT6mU6OXMcP934vEtsYlRNw$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649972168076000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OZrpliTM5cr7K9838TmRE\">unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations, and deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=cb7df8f6cd&amp;attid=0.2&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1730029089389145020&amp;th=18024c4a6c21ebbc&amp;view=fimg&amp;fur=ip&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_Z02mT2GQaNkzqAqX_bEUJgE5-ABgG_Va0ycAiPMpyzN_gyjMi3g22GP1bbUPRGwXvKIbL2Hu54Of2RsZppRbZXDmVizHu3o8Ewsxd0ylu1Z7rUVDjdUgyG8o&amp;disp=emb\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vaccinations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">73,669,038 total vaccines administered.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">83.9% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">55,964\u00a0people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California has 8,529,333 confirmed cases to date.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s average case count is 2,330 (average daily case count over 7 days).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people are 3.6 times more likely to get COVID-19\u00a0than boosted individuals\u00a0(March 14, 2022 \u2013 March 20, 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Testing<br \/>\n<\/strong>Note for April 13, 2022: Due to a data processing issue, the California Department of Public Health is holding today\u2019s update on COVID-19 testing. Today\u2019s testing data will be reported on April 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of April 8, the testing positivity rate is 1.7% (average rate over 7 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><br \/>\nHospitalizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 1,040 hospitalizations statewide.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 156 ICU patients statewide.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people\u00a0are 6.5 times more likely to be hospitalized\u00a0than boosted individuals (March 14, 2022 \u2013 March 20, 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been 88,748 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 claims the lives of 25 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people are 13.7 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (March 7, 2022 \u2013 March 14, 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 Today, the California Department&#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-47163","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\/47163","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=47163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47164,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions\/47164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}