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The COVID-19 pandemic in California began earlier than in some other parts of the United States. Ten of the first 20 confirmed COVID-19 infections in the United States were detected in California , and the first infection was confirmed on January 26, 2020.
The State of California's describes wildfire evacuation COVID-19-related protocols in August 2020. On August 18, San Diego and Santa Cruz were removed from the state watchlist, now consisting of 42 counties. [ 77 ]
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
In one possibly positive sign, the CDC on Friday said that California's COVID epidemic status was either stable or uncertain, an improvement from last week's estimate that COVID-19 was still growing.
California has reported a massive backlog of 237,084 new coronavirus cases, pushing the seven-day average of new infections to 50,267, a record high.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the podium Monday morning after a devastating weekend for the state that saw the all-time high number of about 22,000 cases growing to over 30,000 by Sunday.
July 21: Orange County now has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in California, with the count being 29,986. [152] This is just ahead of Riverside County's COVID-19 case count of 29,983. [152] Los Angeles County, which has more COVID-19 cases than any other California county, is also confirmed to have 160,000 cases. [152]
Coronavirus infections have increased 63% statewide, bringing the case rate to 231 for every 100,000 California residents. Hospitalization rates are rising but remain low.