SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California has 10,996,443 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date.

• The average case count is 3,997 (average daily case count over 7 days).
• Unvaccinated people are 2.3 times more likely to get COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated with at least a primary series.

Testing
• The testing positivity rate is 6.1% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations
• There are 3,372 hospitalizations statewide.
• There are 378 ICU patients statewide.

Deaths
• There have been 98,800 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
• COVID-19 claims the lives of 42 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).

Vaccinations
• 87,566,084 total vaccines administered.
• 72.5% of the population has been vaccinated with a primary series.
• 21,079 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

Story Date: January 19, 2023