California Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts for August 12

Press release from California Department of Public Health (CDPH):

Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 and updates on the state’s pandemic response. The most up to date data is available on the state’s COVID-19 data dashboard.

 

Statewide COVID-19 Data

Rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are highest among unvaccinated individuals and lowest among boosted individuals. This is true for all age groups. See additional data for unvaccinated and vaccinated cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.

 

 

Vaccinations

• • 79,191,867 total vaccines administered.

• 79.9% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose.

• 28,723 people a day are receiving COVID-19 vaccination (average daily dose count over 7 days).

 

Cases

• • California has 10,104,761 confirmed cases to date.
  • Today’s average case count is 12,265 (average daily case count over 7 days).

• Unvaccinated people are 6.9 times more likely to get COVID-19 than boosted individuals (July 11, 2022 – July 17, 2022).

 

Testing

• The testing positivity rate is 12.9% (average rate over 7 days).

Hospitalizations

• • There are 3,988 hospitalizations statewide.
  • There are 457 ICU patients statewide.

• Unvaccinated people are 11.7 times more likely to be hospitalized than boosted individuals (July 11, 2022 – July 17, 2022).

 

Deaths

• • There have been 93,378 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
  • COVID-19 claims the lives of 34 Californians each day (average daily death count over 7 days).

• Unvaccinated people are 11.2 times more likely to die than boosted individuals (July 4, 2022 – July 10, 2022).

 

ADDITIONAL UPDATES

 

Slow the Spread: Get Vaccinated and Boosted for COVID-19

The risk for COVID-19 exposure and infection continues as a number of Californians remain unvaccinated and unboosted.

 

Real-world evidence continues to show that the vaccine prevents severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Public health officials urge Californians to get vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible.

 

It is recommended that every individual six months of age and older receive their primary COVID-19 vaccine series and booster dose, if eligible.

Health Care Workers

• As of August 11, local health departments have reported 176,355 confirmed positive cases in health care workers and 588 deaths statewide.

Testing Turnaround Time

• The testing turnaround time dashboard reports how long California patients are waiting for COVID-19 test results. During the week of July 31 to August 6, the average time patients waited for test results was 0.8 day. During this same time period, 88% of patients received test results in one day and 97% received them within two days.

 

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

• As of August 11, there have been 1011 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) reported statewide. MIS-C is a rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that can damage multiple organ systems. MIS-C can require hospitalization and be life threatening.