By Los Angeles Times Staff
Updated Dec. 29, 10:05 p.m. Pacific
2,230,934
confirmed cases
+34,974 on Tuesday
24,987
deaths
+442 on Tuesday
261,672
vaccinated
0.9% of adults
To better understand the COVID-19 pandemic, The Times is conducting an independent, continual survey of dozens of local health agencies across the state.
What we know
The holiday drove down new case counts. Many local health departments closed for Christmas. Tallies over the holiday weekend are not fully representative.
Stay-at-home orders have returned. Most of the state, including Los Angeles County, is currently under stricter rules.
New cases have been surging. Over the last seven days, the state has averaged 38,126 cases per day, a 17.8% increase from two weeks ago. Roughly 12% of tests this past week have come back positive.
Deaths are on the rise. The state has averaged 240.1 daily deaths over the last week, an increase of 37.7% from two weeks ago.
Hospitalizations have never been higher. Statewide, there are 20,390 people hospitalized with a confirmed case, 43% more than two weeks ago. Among those patients, 4,308 are in intensive care.
Disparities in age and race persist. Roughly 74% of the dead were 65 or older. After adjusting for population, Latinos are now 2.6 times more likely than whites to test positive.
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The latest totals
Coronavirus can infect people so rapidly that it has continued to spread despite shutdown orders aimed at slowing the growth of new cases and flattening the line below.
The number of cases in California is now on pace to double every 39 days, a number used to measure how quickly the virus is spreading.
CasesDeaths
Cumulative cases
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.Dec.0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,000Stay-at-home orderStay-at-home orderGovernoreases limitsGovernoreases limits2,230,934Dec. 29
Times survey of county and local health departments
Local governments announce new cases and deaths each day, though bottlenecks in bureaucracy can introduce delays. For instance, some agencies do not report new totals on holidays and weekends, leading to lower numbers on those days.
Over the past week, the state has averaged 38,126 new cases and 240.1 new deaths per day. Experts say the true number of people infected is unknown and likely much higher than official tallies.
New cases by day
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.Dec.010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,0007-dayaverage7-dayaverage
Deaths by day
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.Dec.01002003004007-dayaverage7-dayaverage
Seven-day averages offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals. On the cases chart, gray bars mark when errors in a state computer system delayed the tabulation of new cases.
Where new cases are concentrated
State officials study the latest data and then rate regions and counties to determine when and how businesses reopen.
The government doesn‘t release enough data to replicate its analysis, but the rate of new cases per 100,000 residents over the last seven days provides insight into where the virus is spreading.
Metric
CasesDeaths
Method
Per 100kTotals
Regions ranked by new cases per 100,000 residents
1. Southern California
851.4 cases per 100k in last 7 days851.4 cases per 100k in last 7 days7-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
2. San Joaquin Valley
647.5647.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
3. Greater Sacramento
3833837-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
4. Bay Area
367.6367.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
5. Northern California
3283287-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
After adjusting for population, the virus is now categorized as widespread in 54 the state's 58 counties, which results in stricter rules being put into place. Together they are home to 99% of California residents.
Metric
CasesDeaths
Method
Per 100kTotals
Counties ranked by new cases per 100,000 residents
1. Lassen
1,471.9 cases per 100k in last 7 days1,471.9 cases per 100k in last 7 days7-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
2. San Bernardino
1,066.81,066.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
3. Riverside
1,047.91,047.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
4. Los Angeles
976.5976.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
5. Amador
864.4864.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
6. Kern
796.3796.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
7. San Joaquin
731.5731.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
8. Merced
726.6726.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
9. San Benito
698.5698.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
10. Orange
684.1684.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
11. Colusa
675.5675.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
12. Monterey
675.2675.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
13. Madera
659.3659.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
14. Ventura
6406407-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
15. Kings
6176177-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
16. Mono
613.8613.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
17. Imperial
589.3589.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
18. Fresno
583.4583.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
19. Tehama
552.3552.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
20. Tulare
548.8548.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
21. San Diego
5445447-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
22. Stanislaus
517.9517.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
23. Tuolumne
504.3504.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
24. Sutter
498.6498.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
25. Solano
492.1492.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
26. Inyo
481.1481.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
27. Napa
462.5462.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
28. Santa Clara
457.1457.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
29. Yuba
442.4442.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
30. Glenn
426.6426.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
31. Placer
397.6397.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
32. Sacramento
390.5390.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
33. Santa Cruz
373.3373.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
34. El Dorado
350.9350.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
35. Shasta
350.7350.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
36. Santa Barbara
345.7345.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
37. Alameda
339.1339.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
38. Yolo
335.4335.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
39. Lake
333.6333.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
40. Sonoma
331.9331.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
41. Contra Costa
317.9317.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
42. Butte
308.3308.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
43. San Mateo
307.9307.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
44. Modoc
257.3257.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
45. Sierra
238.9238.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
46. Calaveras
218.9218.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
47. Del Norte
196.9196.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
48. San Luis Obispo
192.2192.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
49. Nevada
188.7188.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
50. San Francisco
185.7185.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
51. Plumas
176.5176.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
52. Marin
1761767-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
53. Alpine
174.2174.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
54. Mendocino
170.4170.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
55. Siskiyou
149.3149.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
56. Humboldt
122.3122.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
57. Mariposa
119.7119.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
58. Trinity
70707-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 30
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The Times' calculation of per capita rates can vary from what's published elsewhere. To learn more about how and why this count sometimes differs from official figures, consult our FAQ.
What's open where?
See how the governor has rated all 58 counties, and what that means for reopening, in our county reopening tracker.
Mapping the toll
The coronavirus has been found in all 58 counties, from urban Southern California to the state's rural north.
Cumulative totals
Metric
CasesDeaths
Method
Per 100kTotals
Confirmed cases1.2k2.5k4k5.7k7.1k10.5k14.8k
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Los AngelesLos AngelesSan DiegoSan DiegoSacramentoSacramentoSan FranciscoSan FranciscoReddingReddingFresnoFresno
Cumulative totals
County
Cases
Per 100k
Tuesday
Deaths
Per 100k
Tuesday
Lassen »
4,615
14,798.8
+42
9
28.9
+1
Imperial »
21,957
12,183.7
+70
411
228.1
+5
Kings »
15,809
10,534.1
+42
110
73.3
–
San Bernardino »
191,087
8,948.5
+6,133
1,438
67.3
+1
Kern »
67,292
7,620.4
+766
504
57.1
+2
Riverside »
176,688
7,413.6
+2,211
1,943
81.5
+73
Los Angeles »
746,666
7,394.2
+11,806
9,806
97.1
+242
Merced »
19,066
7,085.8
+223
248
92.2
–
Tulare »
32,578
7,074.8
+469
389
84.5
+3
Sutter »
6,341
6,614
+51
49
51.1
–
Fresno »
64,274
6,571.1
+463
646
66
–
Madera »
10,172
6,562
+157
116
74.8
–
Amador »
2,442
6,455.4
+48
24
63.4
+1
Mono »
893
6,300.3
+2
4
28.2
–
Stanislaus »
33,899
6,285.7
+276
596
110.5
+10
Colusa »
1,332
6,205.7
+68
8
37.3
–
Monterey »
26,752
6,175.3
+29
190
43.9
+1
San Joaquin »
44,660
6,099.3
+730
628
85.8
+3
San Benito »
3,489
5,872.2
+58
28
47.1
–
Alpine »
66
5,749.1
+2
0
0
–
Tuolumne »
2,841
5,267.7
+14
21
38.9
–
Tehama »
3,222
5,084.2
+205
34
53.7
–
Yuba »
3,826
5,068
+21
18
23.8
–
Glenn »
1,392
4,989.8
+56
14
50.2
–
Orange »
152,059
4,805.6
+2,452
1,847
58.4
+1
San Diego »
150,064
4,543.5
+2,534
1,435
43.4
+31
Ventura »
37,572
4,430.1
+993
255
30.1
+11
Shasta »
7,918
4,421.4
+126
73
40.8
+3
Solano »
18,726
4,270.2
+208
98
22.3
+3
Sacramento »
63,898
4,231.6
+767
833
55.2
+6
Napa »
5,615
3,995.6
+128
26
18.5
–
Santa Barbara »
16,732
3,770.7
+256
156
35.2
+3
Sonoma »
18,872
3,764.5
+223
184
36.7
+2
Marin »
9,663
3,712.3
+47
139
53.4
+1
Yolo »
7,955
3,700.4
+145
109
50.7
–
Modoc »
315
3,524.3
+2
1
11.2
+1
Santa Clara »
67,423
3,507.6
+1,153
673
35
+21
Placer »
13,272
3,491.9
+217
125
32.9
–
Contra Costa »
39,391
3,475.9
+362
323
28.5
–
Inyo »
618
3,417.2
+7
20
110.6
–
San Luis Obispo »
9,602
3,411.6
+63
74
26.3
+4
Butte »
7,173
3,158.9
+122
90
39.6
+2
San Mateo »
23,916
3,122.5
+235
217
28.3
+5
Alameda »
50,196
3,053.8
+400
625
38
–
El Dorado »
5,613
3,007.1
+104
21
11.3
+3
Santa Cruz »
8,202
2,996
–
83
30.3
–
Lake »
1,797
2,801.3
+6
23
35.9
–
Mendocino »
2,441
2,792.2
+16
26
29.7
–
Del Norte »
733
2,672.8
+4
2
7.3
–
Siskiyou »
1,132
2,599.9
+21
10
23
+1
San Francisco »
22,592
2,596.7
+269
182
20.9
–
Nevada »
2,548
2,571.3
+29
50
50.5
+1
Plumas »
468
2,502.8
+5
3
16
–
Trinity »
271
2,107
+2
4
31.1
+1
Calaveras »
853
1,885.7
+99
22
48.6
–
Sierra »
41
1,399.3
+3
0
0
–
Mariposa »
226
1,288.5
+3
4
22.8
–
Humboldt »
1,678
1,235.9
+31
20
14.7
–
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Residents of cities, neighborhoods and regions all across the state have contracted the coronavirus. Here are the latest tallies for 1,341 places as released by county health departments.
Confirmed cases
100
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Mono
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Area
Confirmed cases
East Los Angeles
16,497
Pomona
15,938
Palmdale
14,851
Lancaster
13,393
North Hollywood
12,175
South Gate
11,626
Santa Clarita
11,485
Downey
11,196
Boyle Heights
11,163
El Monte
10,940
Glendale
10,864
Pacoima
10,682
Compton
10,390
Norwalk
9,674
Sylmar
9,598
Van Nuys
9,109
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone
8,746
Lynwood
8,429
Panorama City
8,299
Baldwin Park
8,042
West Covina
7,905
Inglewood
7,834
Huntington Park
7,228
Pico Rivera
7,178
Vernon Central
7,066
Whittier
6,944
Reseda
6,887
Montebello
6,586
Pasadena
6,530
Bellflower
6,524
West Vernon
6,296
Paramount
6,289
Florence-Firestone
6,014
Hawthorne
5,736
North Hills
5,625
Sun Valley
5,478
Canoga Park
5,433
South Whittier
5,366
Bell Gardens
5,326
Carson
5,183
Burbank
4,943
Westlake
4,926
Central
4,906
Wilmington
4,870
Melrose
4,839
South Park
4,802
Watts
4,706
Vermont Vista
4,646
Wholesale District
4,417
Harvard Park
4,386
Pico-Union
4,351
La Puente
4,307
Northridge
4,305
Arleta
4,234
Bell
4,191
San Pedro
4,180
Lakewood
3,995
Covina
3,970
Winnetka
3,953
Azusa
3,951
Alhambra
3,946
El Sereno
3,858
Century Palms/Cove
3,849
Torrance
3,782
Granada Hills
3,777
Athens-Westmont
3,769
Exposition Park
3,769
Willowbrook
3,724
Gardena
3,593
Highland Park
3,481
Maywood
3,400
Sherman Oaks
3,310
Hollywood
3,221
Lake Balboa
3,203
Lincoln Heights
3,175
Hacienda Heights
3,134
Koreatown
3,098
Temple-Beaudry
3,095
Wilshire Center
3,072
San Fernando
3,046
Cudahy
2,983
Glendora
2,903
Castaic
2,890
Harbor Gateway
2,784
Monterey Park
2,784
West Whittier/Los Nietos
2,776
Rosemead
2,740
Woodland Hills
2,709
Santa Monica
2,656
Mission Hills
2,623
La Mirada
2,584
West Adams
2,410
Green Meadows
2,358
Downtown
2,336
Valinda
2,291
Valley Glen
2,279
University Park
2,241
San Jose Hills
2,240
South El Monte
2,193
Eagle Rock
2,188
Chatsworth
2,134
Rowland Heights
2,108
Hyde Park
2,097
Lennox
1,995
Encino
1,994
Altadena
1,965
Lawndale
1,961
Glassell Park
1,950
Tarzana
1,940
Silver Lake
1,922
East Hollywood
1,903
Monrovia
1,903
Walnut Park
1,856
Diamond Bar
1,852
San Gabriel
1,836
San Dimas
1,821
Vermont Knolls
1,795
East Rancho Dominguez
1,743
Mt. Washington
1,729
Santa Fe Springs
1,703
West Hills
1,702
Cerritos
1,652
Bassett
1,639
La Verne
1,633
Baldwin Hills
1,629
Commerce
1,615
Beverly Hills
1,575
Harvard Heights
1,523
Redondo Beach
1,514
Arcadia
1,507
Tujunga
1,496
Little Bangladesh
1,492
Unincorporated - Azusa
1,464
Lakeview Terrace
1,436
Temple City
1,430
Unincorporated - Covina
1,422
Porter Ranch
1,400
West Hollywood
1,392
Palms
1,379
West Los Angeles
1,365
Hawaiian Gardens
1,362
Duarte
1,351
Claremont
1,346
Harbor City
1,343
Westwood
1,312
Sunland
1,304
Historic Filipinotown
1,267
Westchester
1,260
Valley Village
1,228
Del Rey
1,215
Culver City
1,204
West Carson
1,178
Artesia
1,173
West Puente Valley
1,105
Mar Vista
1,058
Walnut
1,017
Northeast San Gabriel
995
Venice
956
Cloverdale/Cochran
954
Lake Los Angeles
947
Alsace
943
Covina (Charter Oak)
923
Country Club Park
919
Leimert Park
917
Hollywood Hills
912
Vermont Square
887
Crenshaw District
877
Brentwood
867
Figueroa Park Square
860
Echo Park
803
Studio City
803
South Pasadena
796
Elysian Valley
758
Gramercy Place
756
Atwater Village
752
Manhattan Beach
751
Rancho Palos Verdes
741
Jefferson Park
726
Adams-Normandie
723
Little Armenia
723
Athens Village
710
Lomita
708
Avocado Heights
703
Quartz Hill
702
Mid-city
701
North Whittier
692
Calabasas
683
Signal Hill
674
Victoria Park
631
Los Feliz
623
Hancock Park
604
Stevenson Ranch
594
Crestview
584
Carthay
582
Agoura Hills
576
La Crescenta-Montrose
570
Hermosa Beach
568
South San Gabriel
560
Unincorporated - Duarte
558
Sun Village
538
Miracle Mile
532
Manchester Square
528
Beverlywood
505
Thai Town
485
Canyon Country
480
El Camino Village
459
Chinatown
452
La Canada Flintridge
445
Pacific Palisades
441
Cadillac-Corning
422
View Park/Windsor Hills
411
South Carthay
402
Beverly Crest
381
St Elmo Village
380
Reseda Ranch
368
El Segundo
364
Longwood
356
Century City
343
Park La Brea
339
Wellington Square
339
Playa Vista
327
Lafayette Square
320
Unincorporated - Arcadia
314
Wiseburn
311
Elysian Park
305
East La Mirada
299
Littlerock
299
Littlerock/Pearblossom
299
Toluca Lake
294
Santa Monica Mountains
288
Sierra Madre
287
Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez
281
East Whittier
271
Acton
259
Cheviot Hills
243
Little Tokyo
243
Rancho Dominguez
235
San Marino
232
Ladera Heights
231
Bel Air
226
Shadow Hills
226
Exposition
223
Unincorporated - South El Monte
220
Unincorporated - Monrovia
219
Desert View Highlands
215
Palos Verdes Estates
215
Malibu
212
Marina del Rey
207
Rancho Park
204
Unincorporated - Hawthorne
197
Unincorporated - Whittier
190
Del Aire
181
Val Verde
175
Angelino Heights
173
Irwindale
170
White Fence Farms
161
East Pasadena
151
University Hills
151
Reynier Village
149
La Rambla
140
Rolling Hills Estates
140
Sunrise Village
137
Unincorporated - West LA
133
View Heights
132
Agua Dulce
128
Regent Square
127
Kagel/Lopez Canyons
120
Faircrest Heights
118
Harbor Pines
104
Industry
104
Unincorporated - La Verne
98
Valencia
98
Del Sur
97
Anaverde
96
Pellissier Village
95
West Rancho Dominguez
95
Rosewood/East Gardena
92
Santa Catalina Island
90
Marina Peninsula
89
La Habra Heights
88
North Lancaster
85
Palisades Highlands
84
Rosewood
82
Saugus
82
Mandeville Canyon
77
Westlake Village
75
Lake Manor
74
Toluca Terrace
69
Toluca Woods
69
Leona Valley
68
Littlerock/Juniper Hills
68
Pearblossom/Llano
62
Playa Del Rey
61
Unincorporated - Palmdale
59
Vernon
59
Southeast Antelope Valley
54
Newhall
53
Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain
51
Roosevelt
50
Unincorporated - Cerritos
44
Unincorporated - Glendora
44
Unincorporated - Pomona
42
Elizabeth Lake
39
Hidden Hills
38
Unincorporated - Claremont
34
Bradbury
32
Westhills
29
Hi Vista
26
Saugus/Canyon Country
26
Bouquet Canyon
24
Llano
24
San Pasqual
24
Rolling Hills
23
East Covina
21
Lake Hughes
21
Sycamore Square
20
West Antelope Valley
20
Palos Verdes Peninsula
18
Westfield/Academy Hills
18
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest
16
Unincorporated - Del Rey
16
Unincorporated - El Monte
14
Brookside
13
South Antelope Valley
13
Unincorporated - Bradbury
12
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights
11
East Lancaster
9
Sand Canyon
9
Whittier Narrows
8
Avalon
6
Padua Hills
6
San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon
6
Angeles National Forest
4
Franklin Canyon
1
West Chatsworth
1
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Hospitals and patients
Stay-at-home orders aim to slow the virus in hope of preventing hospitals from being overrun. To keep tabs on available beds, officials watch out for rapid increases in the number of patients.
There are now 20,390 hospital patients statewide with a confirmed case, a change of 43% from two weeks ago.
ConfirmedSuspectedBoth
Intensive care and other hospitalized patients
AprilJuneAug.Oct.Dec.05,00010,00015,00020,000
California Department of Public Health
Confirmed patients
County
ICU
Other
Total
Los Angeles »
1,496
5,919
7,415
Orange »
473
1,633
2,106
San Bernardino »
342
1,396
1,738
San Diego »
396
1,108
1,504
Riverside »
287
1,161
1,448
Santa Clara »
167
523
690
Fresno »
117
520
637
Sacramento »
93
391
484
Alameda »
117
324
441
Kern »
80
308
388
Ventura »
76
278
354
Stanislaus »
62
290
352
San Joaquin »
81
250
331
Contra Costa »
62
187
249
Tulare »
21
197
218
Placer »
28
178
206
Monterey »
34
157
191
San Francisco »
48
138
186
Imperial »
48
134
182
San Mateo »
36
121
157
Solano »
34
103
137
Santa Barbara »
35
94
129
Kings »
8
82
90
Butte »
12
65
77
Sonoma »
23
53
76
Santa Cruz »
17
54
71
Yuba »
14
53
67
San Luis Obispo »
14
51
65
Merced »
16
39
55
Madera »
8
39
47
Shasta »
4
38
42
Marin »
9
19
28
El Dorado »
9
17
26
Yolo »
7
17
24
Tehama »
2
21
23
Napa »
11
12
23
Nevada »
3
15
18
Glenn »
0
16
16
San Benito »
3
12
15
Colusa »
0
14
14
Inyo »
1
10
11
Mendocino »
3
7
10
Amador »
3
6
9
Tuolumne »
1
7
8
Lake »
3
5
8
Humboldt »
2
5
7
Lassen »
0
5
5
Siskiyou »
1
4
5
Del Norte »
1
1
2
Plumas »
0
2
2
Modoc »
0
1
1
Calaveras »
0
1
1
Mariposa »
0
1
1
Sutter »
0
0
0
Mono »
0
0
0
Trinity »
0
0
0
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Officials also closely monitor the number of beds open in intensive-care units. The latest data show that there are 1,428 available statewide.
Available ICU beds
Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001,428Dec. 28
California Department of Public Health
Officials have organized the state’s counties into five regions. If a region’s available percentage of intensive-care beds falls below 15%, a stay-at-home order is issued. The number is adjusted to ensure that some beds remain open for patients who don’t have COVID-19. Three regions currently fail.
Available ICU beds by region
01530Dec.3Dec.29Bay AreaBay Area10.4%10.4%
Greater SacramentoGreater Sacramento19.1%19.1%
Northern CaliforniaNorthern California27.9%27.9%
San Joaquin ValleySan Joaquin Valley0.0%0.0%
Southern CaliforniaSouthern California0.0%0.0%
Vaccines
California has received about 1.76 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. The first inoculations are being administered to healthcare workers who face the greatest exposure to the virus and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. Since Dec. 26, 261,672 people have received the shot.
Officials are still drafting a plan on how to roll out the vaccine beyond the initial group. It is unclear when essential workers and other Californians will have access.
Phase 1
Healthcare workers and long-term care residents
Doctors and nurses on the front lines are now receiving shots. Other healthcare workers and nursing homes come next in this step.
Phase 2
Essential workers
Emergency personnel, teachers and farmworkers are expected to be next in line. There is no start date. Who else will qualify is undecided.
Phase 3
Everyone else
It’s unclear how long the rest of California’s nearly 40 million residents may wait. Experts say shots may be readily available by late spring or summer.
Testing
After a fitful start, California has increased coronavirus testing in the state. Over the last week, an average of 312,041 tests have been conducted each day.
New tests by day
MayJulySept.Nov.0100,000200,000300,000400,0007-dayaverage7-dayaverage
California Department of Public Health
In the last seven days, about 12% of the 2,184,289 tests conducted have returned a positive result.
Positive test rate, seven-day average
MayJulySept.Nov.0%5%10%15%12.0%Dec. 29
California Department of Public Health
Wide disparities in age and race
While younger adults make up the majority of positive tests, deaths due to the virus have skewed heavily toward the elderly.
Percentage of cases vs. population
0%10%20%30%40%50%80+75-7970-7465-6960-6450-5935-4918-345-170-4
Percentage of deaths vs. population
0%10%20%30%40%50%80+75-7970-7465-6960-6450-5935-4918-345-170-4
There are 1511 cases with an unreported age.
California Department of Public Health
The state has logged the race of the patient in nearly two-thirds of cases.
Latinos and Black people have contracted the virus at a higher rate than white and Asian people. After adjusting for population, Latinos are now 2.6 times more likely to test positive than white people.
Cumulative cases by race per 100,000 people
JuneAug.Oct.Dec.01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000AsianAsianBlackBlackLatino5,602 casesper 100,000Latino5,602 casesper 100,000OtherOtherWhiteWhite
The other category includes Native Americans and people of two or more races. California Department of Public Health
One outcome is that among most age groups, and especially younger people, Black people and Latinos are dying more often than other races relative to their share of the population.
Percentage of deaths vs. population
Age: All
18+
0-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65-79
80+
CasesDeaths
0%20%40%60%80%BlackAsianWhiteLatino
Race
Deaths
Deaths Pct.
Population Pct.
Latino
11,378
47.4%
36.3%
White
7,522
31.3%
38.8%
Asian
2,895
12.0%
16.5%
Black
1,667
6.9%
6.1%
Note: There are 306 deaths with an unknown race in this age bracket, 1% of the total.
Lives lost to COVID-19
Learn more about those we've lost by reading Times obituaries of Californians who have died from coronavirus.
Nursing homes
Nursing homes are a tragic focal point of the outbreak. Residents and staff have accounted for 5% the state's coronavirus cases, but 35% of its deaths.
CasesDeaths
Deaths at nursing homes vs. elsewhere
JuneAug.Oct.Dec.05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000
California Department of Public Health
Track outbreaks in California nursing homes
Follow the data and look up the latest tallies at the hundreds of skilled-nursing and assisted-living facilities across the state.
State prisons
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has faced criticism around its handling of recent surge in cases across its 35 facilities in the state.
Cumulative casesActive casesDeaths
Cumulative cases
AprilJuneAug.Oct.Dec.05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00038,380Dec. 29
The data do not include tallies from federal prisons, immigration detention facilities or local jails. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Track outbreaks in California state prisons
Follow the data and look up latest outbreaks among inmates and state employees by facility.
California in context
To date, the United States has recorded 19,295,285 coronavirus cases and 334,813 deaths. In the last week, the country has averaged 180,616 new cases and 2,215 deaths per day.
While California — America’s most populous state — has the nation’s top case counts, it ranks much lower after adjusting for population. Home to 12% of the country's population, thus far it has accounted for roughly 12% of cases.
New cases in California vs. the rest of the country
MarchMayJulySept.Nov.050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000
Johns Hopkins University CSSE, Times survey
State
Cases
Per 100k
Last 14 days
Per 100k
New cases
FewerMore
California
2,195,960
5,609.3
580,309
1,482.3
Mar 1Dec 28
Texas
1,700,549
6,098.4
208,607
748.1
New York
932,552
4,753.4
148,415
756.5
Florida
1,280,177
6,215
145,794
707.8
Pennsylvania
618,902
4,838.5
113,728
889.1
Ohio
675,044
5,798.4
104,442
897.1
Tennessee
567,792
8,536.8
103,168
1,551.1
Georgia
636,240
6,178.6
89,682
870.9
Illinois
942,362
7,349.9
86,244
672.7
Arizona
504,423
7,261.3
84,175
1,211.7
North Carolina
520,716
5,127.4
79,351
781.4
Indiana
496,306
7,477.4
65,905
992.9
Massachusetts
356,934
5,225.8
62,703
918
New Jersey
463,965
5,223.7
58,517
658.8
Virginia
336,175
3,995.5
51,026
606.5
Alabama
347,897
7,151.5
50,002
1,027.9
Michigan
519,876
5,221
47,096
473
South Carolina
298,050
6,014
43,274
873.2
Oklahoma
282,587
7,212.3
42,820
1,092.9
Wisconsin
510,137
8,828.4
38,852
672.4
Missouri
393,529
6,461.8
37,422
614.5
Colorado
326,668
5,906
35,564
643
Kentucky
258,516
5,822.2
33,627
757.3
Maryland
269,183
4,483.8
32,222
536.7
Louisiana
300,539
6,444.3
30,896
662.5
Utah
266,590
8,754
30,718
1,008.7
Arkansas
216,528
7,240.1
29,471
985.4
Nevada
218,377
7,471.4
28,964
991
Minnesota
410,138
7,420.1
28,297
511.9
Connecticut
181,200
5,059.3
27,208
759.7
Mississippi
208,089
6,962.4
26,994
903.2
Washington
238,672
3,272
26,088
357.6
Kansas
219,044
7,530.5
26,034
895
Iowa
276,649
8,831.6
19,338
617.3
New Mexico
138,659
6,626.7
17,360
829.7
West Virginia
81,436
4,452.4
17,042
931.7
Oregon
110,545
2,708.1
15,535
380.6
Idaho
137,010
8,117.6
14,793
876.5
Nebraska
162,849
8,549.6
13,505
709
Rhode Island
85,602
8,101.6
11,531
1,091.3
Puerto Rico
73,658
2,174.8
10,673
315.1
New Hampshire
41,670
3,101.3
9,795
729
Delaware
55,488
5,843.9
9,031
951.1
Montana
79,999
7,679.4
6,696
642.8
South Dakota
97,657
11,299.1
6,303
729.3
Maine
22,319
1,674.6
5,970
447.9
Alaska
45,909
6,216.4
4,336
587.1
Wyoming
43,704
7,511.4
3,929
675.3
North Dakota
91,557
12,171.9
3,490
464
District of Columbia
28,342
4,140.6
3,304
482.7
Hawaii
21,395
1,504.5
1,620
113.9
Vermont
7,120
1,139.2
1,263
202.1
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The same is true for deaths. So far, California has accounted for 7% of deaths nationwide. It still trails far behind New York, where deaths surged in the early days of the pandemic.
New deaths in California vs. the rest of the country
MarchMayJulySept.Nov.01,0002,0003,0004,000
Johns Hopkins University CSSE, Times survey
State
Deaths
Per 100k
Last 14 days
Per 100k
New deaths
FewerMore
California
24,545
62.7
3,346
8.5
Mar 1Dec 28
Texas
27,038
97
2,598
9.3
Pennsylvania
15,055
117.7
2,503
19.6
Illinois
17,470
136.3
2,016
15.7
New York
37,548
191.4
1,846
9.4
Michigan
12,754
128.1
1,465
14.7
Florida
21,308
103.4
1,305
6.3
Arizona
8,469
121.9
1,111
16
Tennessee
6,588
99.1
1,047
15.7
Indiana
7,886
118.8
1,046
15.8
Ohio
8,571
73.6
1,020
8.8
New Jersey
18,651
210
876
9.9
Missouri
5,477
89.9
864
14.2
Massachusetts
12,158
178
770
11.3
Wisconsin
5,060
87.6
708
12.3
North Carolina
6,561
64.6
706
7
Minnesota
5,219
94.4
698
12.6
Colorado
4,631
83.7
662
12
Alabama
4,712
96.9
610
12.5
Maryland
5,740
95.6
598
10
Georgia
10,696
103.9
592
5.7
Arkansas
3,537
118.3
547
18.3
Louisiana
7,336
157.3
491
10.5
Iowa
3,744
119.5
475
15.2
Connecticut
5,904
164.8
460
12.8
Virginia
4,861
57.8
447
5.3
Kansas
2,544
87.5
435
15
Mississippi
4,634
155
430
14.4
Nevada
2,971
101.6
423
14.5
South Carolina
5,173
104.4
422
8.5
New Mexico
2,382
113.8
404
19.3
Kentucky
2,563
57.7
339
7.6
Oklahoma
2,383
60.8
311
7.9
West Virginia
1,263
69.1
285
15.6
Oregon
1,433
35.1
272
6.7
Washington
3,195
43.8
254
3.5
Rhode Island
1,742
164.9
187
17.7
South Dakota
1,446
167.3
187
21.6
Idaho
1,377
81.6
183
10.8
Puerto Rico
1,456
43
174
5.1
Nebraska
1,587
83.3
169
8.9
Utah
1,219
40
157
5.2
North Dakota
1,270
168.8
113
15
New Hampshire
715
53.2
111
8.3
Montana
927
89
109
10.5
Wyoming
405
69.6
84
14.4
Delaware
898
94.6
82
8.6
Maine
326
24.5
67
5
District of Columbia
771
112.6
55
8
Vermont
129
20.6
33
5.3
Alaska
200
27.1
24
3.2
Hawaii
285
20
11
0.8
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Tracking the coronavirus
California counties
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Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Colusa
Contra Costa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Kern
Kings
Lake
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Modoc
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Benito
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba
Other trackers
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About the numbers
This page was created by Swetha Kannan, Casey Miller, Sean Greene, Lorena Iñiguez Elebee, Rong-Gong Lin II, Ryan Murphy, Melody Gutierrez, Priya Krishnakumar, Sandhya Kambhampati, Maloy Moore, Jennifer Lu, Aida Ylanan, Vanessa Martínez, Ryan Menezes, Thomas Suh Lauder, Andrea Roberson, Ben Poston, Nicole Santa Cruz, Iris Lee, Rahul Mukherjee, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Anthony Pesce, Paul Duginski and Phi Do.
State and county totals come from an ongoing Times survey of California’s 58 county health agencies as well as the three run by cities. Those figures are ahead of the totals periodically released by the state’s Department of Public Health. State officials acknowledge that their tallies lag behind the updates posted by local agencies throughout the day and do not dispute The Times’ method.
Data on hospitalizations, tests, demographics and reopening plans come from the state health department.
Nursing home totals include skilled-nursing facilities tracked by the state public health department, as well as assisted-living facilities monitored by the California Department of Social Services.
Data from other states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico are collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
Counties are organized into regions using the groupings developed by the state health department.
The Times database is available to the public on Github, a popular website for hosting data and computer code. The files will be updated daily at github.com/datadesk/california-coronavirus-data.
The data collection effort is done in partnership with journalists at the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union-Tribune, KQED, KPCC, CapRadio, Calmatters and Stanford’s Big Local News.
Learn more about The Times count by reading this list of frequently asked questions or by reading this interview with members of our team.
If you see information here that you believe is incorrect or out of date, please contact Data and Graphics Editor Ben Welsh at
[email protected].
Change log
Dec. 23 State prison data added to county pages and overview page. ICU totals at local hospitals added to county pages.
Dec. 14 New charts were added ranking the rate of new cases in the state’s five regions over the last seven days.
Dec. 12 New charts were added plotting the ICU capacity in the state’s five region over time.
Dec. 3 The state’s new ICU availability metric were added to county reopening profiles.
Nov. 13 A chart tracking changes in tier assignments was added to the reopenings tracker.
Nov. 9 Per-capita totals for city-level data added to some county pages.
Oct. 19 Maps were added for case counts in Del Norte, Lake, Siskiyou, Trinity counties.
Oct. 17 The hotspots section now offers a ranking of counties by the total number of cases and deaths in the past week.
Oct. 9 Charts plotting the daily trend in cities and regions added to most county pages.
Oct. 4 Charts plotting how each area stacks up against the state’s reopening benchmarks added to county pages.
Oct. 1 City-level totals added for Shasta County.
Sept. 27 Totals for skilled-nursing facilities are now drawn from the state's open data portal, which is promoted as the most comprehensive and up-to-date source.
Sept. 26 The hotspots section now offers a ranking of counties by deaths per 100,000 residents over the last seven days.
Sept. 22 Nursing home lists moved to a new page focused on skilled-nursing and assisted-living facilities.
Sept. 13 The logarithmic curves plotting the rate of growth in each state were replaced. Instead, stacked-bar charts compare California's case and death counts against the rest of the nation.
Sept. 12 The county map is now exclusively focused on cumulative totals and starts off by displaying grand totals per 100,000 residents.
Sept. 11 The logarithmic curves plotting the rate of growth in each county were replaced. Instead, after adjusting for population, counties are now ranked by the number new cases announced in the past week. The reopening map has been removed and can be found by visiting our more complete county reopening tracker.
https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/