By Los Angeles Times Staff
Updated Dec. 25, 9:04 p.m. Pacific
2,047,954
confirmed cases
+5,211 on Friday
23,990
deaths
+36 on Friday
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 is driving down new case counts. Many local health departments are closed for Christmas and not reporting numbers. Tallies over the holiday weekend will not be 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 34,791 cases per day, a 14.4% increase from two weeks ago. Roughly 11.9% of tests this past week have come back positive.
Deaths are on the rise. The state has averaged 221.3 daily deaths over the last week, an increase of 46.3% from two weeks ago.
Hospitalizations have never been higher. Statewide, there are 18,937 people hospitalized with a confirmed case, 58% more than two weeks ago. Among those patients, 3,949 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 35.7 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 limits2,047,954Dec. 25
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 34,791 new cases and 221.3 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.010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,0007-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
966.4 cases per 100k in last 7 days966.4 cases per 100k in last 7 days7-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
2. San Joaquin Valley
934.7934.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
3. Greater Sacramento
484.5484.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
4. Bay Area
421.2421.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
5. Northern California
376.3376.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
After adjusting for population, the virus is now categorized as widespread in 55 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. Tuolumne
1,084.7 cases per 100k in last 7 days1,084.7 cases per 100k in last 7 days7-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
2. Fresno
1,080.61,080.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
3. San Bernardino
1,0761,0767-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
4. Lassen
1,022.91,022.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
5. Amador
906.7906.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
6. San Benito
888.6888.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
7. Kings
800.9800.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
8. Los Angeles
798.7798.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
9. Kern
719.9719.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
10. Riverside
715.3715.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
11. Colusa
703.5703.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
12. Orange
693.2693.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
13. Merced
653.7653.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
14. San Joaquin
638.6638.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
15. Sutter
613.3613.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
16. Imperial
592.6592.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
17. San Diego
590.3590.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
18. Stanislaus
532.9532.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
19. Solano
529.5529.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
20. Monterey
5275277-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
21. Tehama
519.1519.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
22. Tulare
497.7497.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
23. Yuba
487.5487.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
24. Ventura
476.7476.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
25. Madera
471.6471.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
26. Mono
451.5451.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
27. Lake
450.5450.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
28. Placer
3913917-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
29. Alameda
383.3383.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
30. Sacramento
381.9381.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
31. Santa Clara
374.8374.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
32. Yolo
367.9367.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
33. El Dorado
365.9365.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
34. San Luis Obispo
359.2359.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
35. Contra Costa
343.9343.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
36. Sonoma
338.9338.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
37. Napa
316.7316.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
38. Inyo
315.2315.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
39. Butte
298.6298.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
40. Santa Barbara
288.7288.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
41. San Mateo
2812817-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
42. Shasta
2492497-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
43. Modoc
246.1246.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
44. Santa Cruz
242.2242.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
45. Glenn
225.8225.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
46. Nevada
213.9213.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
47. San Francisco
212.2212.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
48. Plumas
203.2203.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
49. Del Norte
189.6189.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
50. Mendocino
177.3177.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
51. Marin
174.4174.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
52. Mariposa
136.8136.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
53. Siskiyou
130.9130.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
54. Humboldt
1121127-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
55. Trinity
108.8108.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
56. Alpine
87.187.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
57. Calaveras
70.770.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
58. Sierra
68.368.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Dec. 26
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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 cases1.1k2.1k3.2k4.8k6.2k10.3k13.4k
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Los AngelesLos AngelesSan DiegoSan DiegoSacramentoSacramentoSan FranciscoSan FranciscoReddingReddingFresnoFresno
Cumulative totals
County
Cases
Per 100k
Friday
Deaths
Per 100k
Friday
Lassen »
4,180
13,403.9
–
8
25.7
–
Imperial »
21,241
11,786.4
–
406
225.3
–
Kings »
15,491
10,322.2
+249
110
73.3
–
San Bernardino »
174,091
8,152.6
–
1,420
66.5
–
Kern »
63,044
7,139.3
+605
485
54.9
–
Los Angeles »
678,040
6,714.6
–
9,305
92.1
–
Riverside »
158,110
6,634.1
–
1,829
76.7
–
Merced »
17,785
6,609.7
–
232
86.2
–
Tulare »
30,422
6,606.6
–
373
81
–
Sutter »
6,037
6,296.9
–
46
48
–
Fresno »
60,488
6,184
–
646
66
–
Madera »
9,305
6,002.7
–
116
74.8
–
Stanislaus »
31,914
5,917.7
–
565
104.8
–
Mono »
836
5,898.1
–
4
28.2
–
Amador »
2,189
5,786.6
–
23
60.8
–
Monterey »
24,538
5,664.2
–
185
42.7
–
Colusa »
1,214
5,656
–
8
37.3
–
San Joaquin »
41,104
5,613.7
–
618
84.4
–
Alpine »
64
5,574.9
–
0
0
–
San Benito »
3,288
5,533.9
+57
26
43.8
–
Tuolumne »
2,704
5,013.7
–
21
38.9
–
Yuba »
3,628
4,805.7
–
17
22.5
–
Glenn »
1,336
4,789
–
14
50.2
–
Tehama »
3,017
4,760.7
+50
34
53.7
–
Orange »
138,310
4,371.1
–
1,782
56.3
–
San Diego »
139,961
4,237.6
+3,006
1,402
42.4
+20
Shasta »
7,567
4,225.4
–
70
39.1
–
Sacramento »
59,770
3,958.2
–
809
53.6
–
Solano »
17,330
3,951.8
–
95
21.7
–
Ventura »
33,401
3,938.3
–
233
27.5
–
Napa »
5,091
3,622.7
–
26
18.5
–
Marin »
9,305
3,574.8
–
136
52.2
–
Sonoma »
17,723
3,535.3
–
181
36.1
–
Santa Barbara »
15,657
3,528.4
–
151
34
–
Yolo »
7,501
3,489.2
–
110
51.2
–
San Luis Obispo »
9,471
3,365
–
67
23.8
–
Contra Costa »
37,610
3,318.8
+858
321
28.3
+13
Modoc »
293
3,278.1
–
0
0
–
Placer »
12,262
3,226.2
–
120
31.6
–
Santa Clara »
61,090
3,178.1
–
643
33.5
–
Inyo »
547
3,024.6
–
20
110.6
–
San Mateo »
22,241
2,903.8
–
212
27.7
–
Butte »
6,584
2,899.5
–
83
36.6
–
Alameda »
46,583
2,834
–
619
37.7
–
El Dorado »
5,095
2,729.5
–
13
7
–
Santa Cruz »
7,352
2,685.5
–
76
27.8
–
Mendocino »
2,314
2,646.9
–
25
28.6
–
Lake »
1,688
2,631.4
+62
23
35.9
–
Del Norte »
695
2,534.3
–
2
7.3
–
San Francisco »
21,709
2,495.2
+324
181
20.8
+3
Siskiyou »
1,076
2,471.3
–
8
18.4
–
Nevada »
2,415
2,437.1
–
44
44.4
–
Plumas »
443
2,369.1
–
2
10.7
–
Trinity »
265
2,060.3
–
2
15.5
–
Calaveras »
754
1,666.9
–
22
48.6
–
Mariposa »
212
1,208.7
–
4
22.8
–
Sierra »
34
1,160.4
–
0
0
–
Humboldt »
1,539
1,133.6
–
17
12.5
–
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Residents of cities, neighborhoods and regions all across the state have contracted the coronavirus. Here are the latest tallies for 1,323 places as released by county health departments.
Confirmed cases
100
1,000
10,000
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Inyo
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Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mendocino
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
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Sacramento
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San Diego
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San Joaquin
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San Mateo
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Area
Confirmed cases
East Los Angeles
14,994
Pomona
14,678
Palmdale
13,664
Lancaster
12,391
North Hollywood
11,118
South Gate
10,554
Santa Clarita
10,454
Downey
10,186
Boyle Heights
10,040
El Monte
10,000
Glendale
9,870
Pacoima
9,759
Compton
9,422
Sylmar
8,783
Norwalk
8,663
Van Nuys
8,327
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone
8,032
Lynwood
7,671
Panorama City
7,539
West Covina
7,163
Baldwin Park
7,160
90805: Long Beach
7,094
Inglewood
7,056
Huntington Park
6,576
Pico Rivera
6,510
Vernon Central
6,378
Whittier
6,328
Reseda
6,255
Montebello
5,980
Pasadena
5,892
Bellflower
5,855
Paramount
5,668
West Vernon
5,663
Florence-Firestone
5,427
Hawthorne
5,218
North Hills
5,139
Canoga Park
4,967
Sun Valley
4,951
South Whittier
4,878
Bell Gardens
4,848
Carson
4,649
Westlake
4,541
Burbank
4,521
Central
4,463
Wilmington
4,437
Melrose
4,425
South Park
4,378
90813: Long Beach
4,361
Watts
4,338
Vermont Vista
4,248
Wholesale District
4,086
Pico-Union
3,942
Northridge
3,903
Harvard Park
3,893
San Pedro
3,884
La Puente
3,879
Arleta
3,817
Bell
3,744
Azusa
3,624
Winnetka
3,589
Covina
3,579
Lakewood
3,573
Alhambra
3,519
Century Palms/Cove
3,480
El Sereno
3,440
Granada Hills
3,437
Torrance
3,408
Exposition Park
3,403
Athens-Westmont
3,394
Willowbrook
3,389
Gardena
3,252
90806: Long Beach
3,224
Highland Park
3,092
Maywood
3,092
Sherman Oaks
2,998
Hollywood
2,980
Lake Balboa
2,920
Lincoln Heights
2,854
Hacienda Heights
2,842
Temple-Beaudry
2,814
Castaic
2,803
San Fernando
2,772
Wilshire Center
2,748
Koreatown
2,741
Glendora
2,688
Cudahy
2,686
90810: Long Beach
2,588
Harbor Gateway
2,525
West Whittier/Los Nietos
2,524
Monterey Park
2,496
Rosemead
2,483
Woodland Hills
2,477
90804: Long Beach
2,442
Mission Hills
2,424
Santa Monica
2,404
La Mirada
2,339
90802: Long Beach
2,212
West Adams
2,186
Downtown
2,159
Green Meadows
2,110
Valley Glen
2,091
University Park
2,069
Valinda
2,059
San Jose Hills
2,024
South El Monte
2,008
Chatsworth
1,965
Eagle Rock
1,936
Rowland Heights
1,909
Hyde Park
1,895
Encino
1,838
Lawndale
1,799
Altadena
1,779
Lennox
1,774
Tarzana
1,767
Monrovia
1,745
Glassell Park
1,739
Silver Lake
1,728
Walnut Park
1,685
Diamond Bar
1,680
East Hollywood
1,680
San Dimas
1,667
San Gabriel
1,667
Vermont Knolls
1,637
90815: Long Beach
1,553
East Rancho Dominguez
1,553
Santa Fe Springs
1,548
West Hills
1,542
Mt. Washington
1,512
La Verne
1,497
90807: Long Beach
1,477
Baldwin Hills
1,475
Commerce
1,468
Bassett
1,462
Beverly Hills
1,459
Cerritos
1,448
Redondo Beach
1,398
Arcadia
1,363
90808: Long Beach
1,355
Tujunga
1,350
Harvard Heights
1,348
Unincorporated - Azusa
1,329
Lakeview Terrace
1,328
Temple City
1,312
West Hollywood
1,308
Little Bangladesh
1,306
Palms
1,278
Unincorporated - Covina
1,273
Porter Ranch
1,261
West Los Angeles
1,257
Harbor City
1,245
Hawaiian Gardens
1,242
Duarte
1,234
Westwood
1,228
Claremont
1,222
Sunland
1,193
Westchester
1,151
Valley Village
1,130
Del Rey
1,126
Historic Filipinotown
1,124
Culver City
1,104
90803: Long Beach
1,069
West Carson
1,028
Artesia
1,020
West Puente Valley
1,007
Mar Vista
971
Northeast San Gabriel
911
Walnut
902
Venice
891
Alsace
874
Lake Los Angeles
858
Cloverdale/Cochran
849
Hollywood Hills
848
Leimert Park
844
Country Club Park
839
Covina (Charter Oak)
838
Vermont Square
804
Brentwood
801
Crenshaw District
801
Figueroa Park Square
796
90814: Long Beach
739
Studio City
737
Echo Park
735
Manhattan Beach
726
South Pasadena
708
Rancho Palos Verdes
690
Atwater Village
677
Gramercy Place
673
Elysian Valley
661
Jefferson Park
659
Adams-Normandie
658
Athens Village
654
Little Armenia
654
Mid-city
645
Quartz Hill
643
Avocado Heights
637
Calabasas
636
Lomita
627
Signal Hill
626
North Whittier
596
Victoria Park
572
Los Feliz
562
Carthay
555
Hancock Park
549
Hermosa Beach
534
Stevenson Ranch
531
Agoura Hills
521
La Crescenta-Montrose
520
Crestview
518
Unincorporated - Duarte
508
South San Gabriel
504
Miracle Mile
488
Sun Village
487
Manchester Square
479
Beverlywood
452
Thai Town
444
Canyon Country
439
Chinatown
413
El Camino Village
407
La Canada Flintridge
403
Pacific Palisades
396
Cadillac-Corning
386
View Park/Windsor Hills
379
South Carthay
374
Beverly Crest
354
Reseda Ranch
344
St Elmo Village
343
El Segundo
329
Century City
319
Longwood
311
Park La Brea
308
Wellington Square
307
Playa Vista
304
Lafayette Square
292
Elysian Park
288
Unincorporated - Arcadia
283
Wiseburn
283
East La Mirada
277
Littlerock
276
Toluca Lake
273
Santa Monica Mountains
268
Sierra Madre
266
Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez
265
Littlerock/Pearblossom
262
East Whittier
238
Acton
231
Cheviot Hills
225
Little Tokyo
216
Ladera Heights
206
San Marino
205
Malibu
204
Palos Verdes Estates
204
Desert View Highlands
201
Shadow Hills
200
Exposition
199
Rancho Dominguez
199
Unincorporated - Monrovia
199
Bel Air
198
Marina del Rey
198
Unincorporated - South El Monte
196
Rancho Park
181
Unincorporated - Whittier
172
Unincorporated - Hawthorne
167
Del Aire
164
Val Verde
164
Irwindale
162
Angelino Heights
159
White Fence Farms
155
University Hills
139
La Rambla
137
East Pasadena
131
Rolling Hills Estates
130
Reynier Village
129
Sunrise Village
124
Unincorporated - West LA
124
View Heights
119
Agua Dulce
113
Regent Square
112
Kagel/Lopez Canyons
110
Faircrest Heights
101
Industry
99
Valencia
95
Unincorporated - La Verne
94
Pellissier Village
89
La Habra Heights
88
West Rancho Dominguez
88
Harbor Pines
86
Marina Peninsula
86
Rosewood/East Gardena
85
Del Sur
84
Anaverde
83
Palisades Highlands
83
North Lancaster
80
Santa Catalina Island
80
Saugus
72
Westlake Village
72
Mandeville Canyon
71
Lake Manor
68
Toluca Terrace
67
Rosewood
66
Toluca Woods
62
Leona Valley
59
Playa Del Rey
59
Littlerock/Juniper Hills
57
Pearblossom/Llano
56
Newhall
52
Southeast Antelope Valley
51
Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain
50
Unincorporated - Palmdale
50
Vernon
50
Roosevelt
46
Unincorporated - Cerritos
41
Unincorporated - Pomona
41
Unincorporated - Glendora
40
Elizabeth Lake
36
Hidden Hills
33
Unincorporated - Claremont
33
Bradbury
32
Westhills
26
Hi Vista
25
Saugus/Canyon Country
24
Bouquet Canyon
22
Llano
22
Lake Hughes
21
Rolling Hills
20
San Pasqual
20
Sycamore Square
19
West Antelope Valley
19
Westfield/Academy Hills
18
90822: Long Beach
16
90840: Long Beach
16
East Covina
16
Palos Verdes Peninsula
15
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest
15
Unincorporated - Del Rey
15
Brookside
13
South Antelope Valley
13
Unincorporated - El Monte
13
Unincorporated - Bradbury
12
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights
11
East Lancaster
8
Sand Canyon
8
Avalon
6
Padua Hills
6
Whittier Narrows
6
San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon
4
Angeles National Forest
3
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 18,937 hospital patients statewide with a confirmed case, a change of 58% 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 »
1,335
5,435
6,770
Orange »
417
1,538
1,955
San Bernardino »
325
1,316
1,641
San Diego »
361
1,044
1,405
Riverside »
267
1,069
1,336
Santa Clara »
156
473
629
Fresno »
106
515
621
Sacramento »
98
377
475
Alameda »
117
268
385
Stanislaus »
57
285
342
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Officials also closely monitor the number of beds open in intensive-care units. The latest data show that there are 1,387 available statewide.
Available ICU beds
Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001,387Dec. 24
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. Three regions currently fail.
Available ICU beds by region
01530Dec.3Dec.25Bay AreaBay Area9.8%9.8%
Greater SacramentoGreater Sacramento16.7%16.7%
Northern CaliforniaNorthern California36.3%36.3%
San Joaquin ValleySan Joaquin Valley0.0%0.0%
Southern CaliforniaSouthern California0.0%0.0%
Vaccines
California officials have begun to distribute the state’s first batch of coronavirus vaccine. The initial shipments are expected to add up to about 1.2 million doses and 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.
The state has yet to release figures on how many people have been vaccinated so far. Officials are still drafting a plan on how to roll out the shot 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 332,262 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 11.9% of the 2,325,834 tests conducted have returned a positive result.
Positive test rate, seven-day average
MayJulySept.Nov.0%5%10%15%11.9%Dec. 25
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 1366 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.01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000AsianAsianBlackBlackLatino5,053 casesper 100,000Latino5,053 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
10,885
47.7%
36.3%
White
7,132
31.2%
38.8%
Asian
2,743
12.0%
16.5%
Black
1,603
7.0%
6.1%
Note: There are 257 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.05,00010,00015,00020,000
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.05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00036,512Dec. 25
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 18,643,506 coronavirus cases and 328,947 deaths. In the last week, the country has averaged 206,590 new cases and 2,603 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 11% 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
2,042,743
5,217.9
555,870
1,419.9
Mar 1Dec 24
Texas
1,659,409
5,950.9
216,056
774.8
Florida
1,247,546
6,056.6
152,849
742.1
New York
891,270
4,543
147,980
754.3
Pennsylvania
595,808
4,658
132,854
1,038.6
Ohio
653,650
5,614.6
121,800
1,046.2
Tennessee
546,497
8,216.7
117,524
1,767
Illinois
925,107
7,215.3
101,576
792.2
Georgia
618,576
6,007.1
93,174
904.8
Arizona
473,997
6,823.4
86,468
1,244.7
North Carolina
494,511
4,869.3
78,428
772.3
Indiana
482,734
7,272.9
77,799
1,172.1
Massachusetts
341,925
5,006.1
67,144
983
New Jersey
449,842
5,064.7
63,236
712
Alabama
338,801
6,964.5
53,879
1,107.6
Michigan
508,449
5,106.2
53,729
539.6
Virginia
323,915
3,849.8
52,872
628.4
Oklahoma
272,553
6,956.2
47,100
1,202.1
Wisconsin
503,706
8,717.1
46,817
810.2
Missouri
386,685
6,349.4
44,267
726.9
South Carolina
285,028
5,751.3
43,342
874.5
Colorado
319,530
5,776.9
42,535
769
Minnesota
404,403
7,316.4
37,185
672.7
Kentucky
250,279
5,636.7
36,830
829.5
Louisiana
296,499
6,357.7
35,170
754.1
Maryland
260,728
4,343
34,873
580.9
Utah
260,589
8,556.9
34,643
1,137.6
Nevada
212,211
7,260.4
33,684
1,152.4
Arkansas
211,145
7,060.1
32,291
1,079.7
Washington
233,093
3,195.5
30,916
423.8
Kansas
212,989
7,322.3
30,144
1,036.3
Connecticut
172,743
4,823.2
29,764
831
Mississippi
202,651
6,780.4
29,696
993.6
Iowa
273,661
8,736.2
21,108
673.8
New Mexico
135,166
6,459.7
20,435
976.6
West Virginia
77,239
4,222.9
17,544
959.2
Idaho
135,233
8,012.3
17,205
1,019.4
Oregon
106,821
2,616.9
16,983
416.1
Nebraska
160,357
8,418.8
14,583
765.6
Rhode Island
82,066
7,766.9
12,819
1,213.2
Puerto Rico
70,808
2,090.6
11,350
335.1
New Hampshire
38,902
2,895.3
10,629
791.1
Delaware
53,015
5,583.5
9,979
1,051
Montana
78,929
7,576.7
8,037
771.5
South Dakota
96,546
11,170.6
7,819
904.7
Maine
21,226
1,592.6
6,365
477.6
Alaska
45,104
6,107.4
5,759
779.8
Wyoming
42,664
7,332.7
4,441
763.3
North Dakota
90,947
12,090.8
4,240
563.7
District of Columbia
27,436
4,008.2
3,338
487.7
Hawaii
20,993
1,476.3
1,814
127.6
Vermont
6,781
1,085
1,368
218.9
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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
23,954
61.2
3,317
8.5
Mar 1Dec 24
Texas
26,707
95.8
2,824
10.1
Pennsylvania
14,707
115
2,746
21.5
Illinois
16,960
132.3
2,116
16.5
New York
37,028
188.7
1,705
8.7
Michigan
12,415
124.7
1,515
15.2
Florida
20,995
101.9
1,404
6.8
Tennessee
6,431
96.7
1,191
17.9
Ohio
8,456
72.6
1,158
9.9
Arizona
8,294
119.4
1,140
16.4
Indiana
7,730
116.5
1,127
17
Iowa
3,738
119.3
1,014
32.4
New Jersey
18,544
208.8
936
10.5
Missouri
5,451
89.5
907
14.9
Minnesota
5,109
92.4
852
15.4
Wisconsin
5,019
86.9
810
14
Colorado
4,550
82.3
791
14.3
Massachusetts
11,963
175.1
754
11
North Carolina
6,360
62.6
646
6.4
Alabama
4,676
96.1
642
13.2
Maryland
5,627
93.7
615
10.2
Georgia
10,582
102.8
607
5.9
Arkansas
3,406
113.9
586
19.6
Kansas
2,503
86
562
19.3
Louisiana
7,272
155.9
548
11.8
Nevada
2,914
99.7
480
16.4
Mississippi
4,556
152.4
473
15.8
Connecticut
5,791
161.7
464
13
Virginia
4,791
56.9
456
5.4
New Mexico
2,272
108.6
426
20.4
South Carolina
5,043
101.8
416
8.4
Oklahoma
2,328
59.4
348
8.9
Kentucky
2,466
55.5
320
7.2
West Virginia
1,228
67.1
307
16.8
Oregon
1,415
34.7
292
7.2
South Dakota
1,430
165.5
253
29.3
Washington
3,184
43.7
251
3.4
Nebraska
1,568
82.3
239
12.5
Idaho
1,349
79.9
213
12.6
Rhode Island
1,704
161.3
206
19.5
Utah
1,204
39.5
188
6.2
Puerto Rico
1,423
42
185
5.5
North Dakota
1,260
167.5
151
20.1
Montana
916
87.9
135
13
New Hampshire
690
51.4
106
7.9
Delaware
888
93.5
82
8.6
Wyoming
373
64.1
74
12.7
Maine
317
23.8
71
5.3
District of Columbia
756
110.4
48
7
Alaska
199
26.9
44
6
Vermont
120
19.2
31
5
Hawaii
285
20
17
1.2
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Tracking the coronavirus
California counties
Alameda
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
Housing homeless people
Nursing homes
State prisons
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Unemployment and economic fallout
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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/