SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California has 10,384,673 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date.

The latest average case count is 4,409 (average daily case count over 7 days).

Testing

The testing positivity rate is 5.0% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

There are 2,115 hospitalizations statewide.
There are 283 ICU patients statewide.
During July 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.0 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Deaths

There have been 95,009 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

COVID-19 claims the lives of 26 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
During July 2022, unvaccinated people were 3.6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Vaccinations

80,646,485 total vaccines administered.
80.4% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.
67,193 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

Story Date: September 29, 2022