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October. On October 3, the CDPH reported over 810,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 16,000 deaths in the course of the pandemic. [ 159 ] In the first week of October, the average new daily case count is around 3,000 and the statewide new case positivity rate, although varies by county, is below 4%.
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. [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] All of the early confirmed cases were persons who had recently travelled ...
On February 6, 2020, a woman from San Jose, California, became the first COVID-19 death in the U.S., though this was not discovered until April 2020. The case indicated community transmission was happening undetected in the state and the U.S., most likely since December.
In its latest update on Aug. 9, the California Department of Public Health reported that the state had a 14.3% test positivity rate on average over a seven-day period. This is an increase of 2.3% ...
California is bringing back a statewide indoor mask mandate that will start on Dec. 15 and last until Jan. 15, 2022. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) Faced with rising coronavirus cases and growing concerns ...
On January 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had found at least 52 confirmed cases of the more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant: 26 in California, 22 in Florida, two in Colorado, and one each in Georgia and New York. The agency also stressed that there could already be more cases in the country.
The percentage of coronavirus-related emergency room visits in L.A. County is also up. For the week ending July 7, 2.5% of ER visits were coronavirus-related; a month ago, it was 1.5%.
This brought the total confirmed U.S. deaths due to coronavirus to 22: 19 in Washington, 1 in California, and 2 in Florida. Hawaii: Second case is reported by Governor David Ige and State health officials is an elderly man who tested positive after returning from travel to Washington state earlier in the month.