{"id":47997,"date":"2022-05-06T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T23:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47997"},"modified":"2022-05-06T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T23:55:29","slug":"state-officials-announce-latest-covid-19-facts-603","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47997","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!ztItqcj1eWM9e55IkrNJdklgub2wiRkJNi0dQ8YtHCYgKXgVnZja3-IyelWIDmkTc1Qr2nn-AJM6r2Fjl2E6ZKyCskBaeGF-2UV78Q$\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/__;!!AvL6XA!ztItqcj1eWM9e55IkrNJdklgub2wiRkJNi0dQ8YtHCYgKXgVnZja3-IyelWIDmkTc1Qr2nn-AJM6r2Fjl2E6ZKyCskBaeGF-2UV78Q$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651959185437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1sAAnlfZdRMyb8IplDTCaQ\">COVID-19 data dashboard<\/a>.<\/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!ztItqcj1eWM9e55IkrNJdklgub2wiRkJNi0dQ8YtHCYgKXgVnZja3-IyelWIDmkTc1Qr2nn-AJM6r2Fjl2E6ZKyCskBaeGGCkhRxPw$\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/*postvax-status__;Iw!!AvL6XA!ztItqcj1eWM9e55IkrNJdklgub2wiRkJNi0dQ8YtHCYgKXgVnZja3-IyelWIDmkTc1Qr2nn-AJM6r2Fjl2E6ZKyCskBaeGGCkhRxPw$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651959185437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MaBmkjfNQcad7hLV33_4m\">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:1732114060061606042&amp;th=1809b48f7c6e809a&amp;view=fimg&amp;fur=ip&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ8iIc0E9p_FouuSPjZLIA7L0KHiEiKxcGKNhXGd-X1h3W6WO1Z6iHLEN-kWt23TQmgsAo1E3lOwo1WwoojuKENp8JQ_e8qKHtIX3aasyJICQePK5eWfrdLQZg4&amp;disp=emb\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vaccinations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">74,907,314 total vaccines administered.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">83.2% of the eligible population (5+) has been vaccinated with at least one dose.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51,515\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 8,654,420 confirmed cases to date.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s average case count is\u00a05,453\u00a0(average daily case count over 7 days).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people are 5.4 times more likely to get COVID-19\u00a0than boosted individuals\u00a0(April,11 2022 \u2013 April 17, 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The testing positivity rate is 3.9% (average rate over 7 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hospitalizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 1,112 hospitalizations statewide.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 168 ICU patients statewide.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people\u00a0are 9.3 times more likely to be hospitalized\u00a0than boosted individuals (April,11 2022 \u2013 April 17, 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\u00a089,851\u00a0COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 claims the lives of 11 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unvaccinated people are 8.8 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (April 4, 2022 \u2013 April 10, 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 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