SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California has 10,611,075 confirmed cases to date.

• The average case count is 4,264 (average daily case count over 7 days).
• During September 2022, unvaccinated people were 2.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Testing
• The testing positivity rate is 7.6% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations
• There are 2,676 hospitalizations statewide.
• There are 346 ICU patients statewide.
• Unvaccinated people are 2.7 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Deaths
• There have been 96,701 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
• COVID-19 claims the lives of 12 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).
• Unvaccinated people are 3.1 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Vaccinations
• 85,311,644 total vaccines administered.
• 72.4% of the population has been vaccinated with a primary series.
• 63,686 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

Story Date: December 1, 2022