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California COVID Cases Increase To 884,519 Deaths To 17,066


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By Los Angeles Times Staff

Updated 

884,519
confirmed cases
+4,456 on Tuesday
17,066
deaths
+77 on Tuesday

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly across California. Experts say the true number of people infected is unknown and likely much higher than official tallies.

To better understand the spread of the virus, The Times is conducting an independent, continual survey of dozens of local health agencies across the state.

What we know

California counties +Other trackers +More coverage +

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 201.3 days, a number used to measure how quickly the virus is spreading.

Cumulative cases
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.0200,000400,000600,000800,000Stay athome orderStay athome orderGovernoreases limitsGovernoreases limits884,519Oct. 20
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 3,224 new cases and 58.4 new deaths per day.

New cases by day
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,0007-dayaverage7-dayaverageData collectionerrors reportedData collectionerrors reported
Deaths by day
Feb.AprilJuneAug.Oct.0501001502007-dayaverage7-dayaverage
The lines above are seven-day averages. They offer a more stable view of the trend than daily totals. The gray range marks 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 counties to determine when and how businesses reopen. After adjusting for population, the virus is now categorized as widespread in 12 counties, keeping those areas largely locked down. Together they are home to 42% of California residents.

The government doesn't release enough data to replicate its analysis, but the rate of new cases over the last seven days provides some insight into where the virus is spreading.

Counties ranked by new cases per 100,000 residents
176.7 cases per 100k in last 7 days176.7 cases per 100k in last 7 days7-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
135.4135.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
105.5105.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
95.695.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
94.694.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
91.491.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
88.788.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
80807-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
74.174.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
67.367.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
64.364.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
64.164.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
62.562.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
62.462.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
60.560.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
59.859.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
55.855.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
55.455.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
54.354.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
52.352.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
50.850.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
49.849.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
49.549.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
46.546.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
45.845.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
45457-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
43437-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
42.842.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
41.241.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
40407-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
39.339.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
39.239.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
39.139.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
38.938.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
38.738.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
38.538.57-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
37.937.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
37.637.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
37.637.67-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
37.337.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
32.132.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
32327-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
30.430.47-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
28.328.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
27.827.87-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
25.225.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
23.323.37-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
22227-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
18.218.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
17.717.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
17.717.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
15.915.97-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
14.114.17-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
9.29.27-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
5.75.77-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
007-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
007-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
007-day average │7-day average │March 1Oct. 21
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
Confirmed cases1909901.6k2.2k3.1k5.4k7k

 Hover for more information.

Los AngelesLos AngelesSan DiegoSan DiegoSacramentoSacramentoSan FranciscoSan FranciscoReddingReddingFresnoFresno
Cumulative totals
County Cases Per 100k Tuesday Deaths Per 100k Tuesday
Imperial » 12,534 6,955 +59 335 185.9
Kings » 8,155 5,433.9 +2 83 55.3
Kern » 33,551 3,799.4 +54 413 46.8 +3
Tulare » 17,317 3,760.7 +111 279 60.6 +3
Merced » 9,386 3,488.2 +11 153 56.9 +1
Stanislaus » 17,354 3,217.9 +13 393 72.9 +1
Madera » 4,920 3,173.9 +34 73 47.1
Fresno » 30,152 3,082.6 +101 430 44 +1
San Joaquin » 21,436 2,927.6 +240 484 66.1
Los Angeles » 290,107 2,872.9 +686 6,912 68.4 +35
 

Residents of cities, neighborhoods and regions all across the state have contracted the coronavirus. Here are the latest tallies for 1,107 places as released by county health departments.

Confirmed cases

 
100
 
1,000
 
10,000
Counties that do not report cases by locality
The following counties currently do not report cases by locality: Alpine, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, San Benito, Sierra, Tehama and Tuolumne
Area Confirmed cases
East Los Angeles 6,797
Pomona 5,908
South Gate 4,793
Palmdale 4,688
El Monte 4,686
Boyle Heights 4,569
Downey 4,428
North Hollywood 4,373
Compton 4,310
Glendale 4,229

 

 

 

Hospitals and patients

Lockdown measures aim to slow the virus in hope of preventing hospitals from being overrun. To keep tabs on capacity, officials watch out for rapid increases in the number of patients.

There are now 2,291 hospital patients statewide with a confirmed case, a change of -2% from two weeks ago.

Intensive care and other hospitalized patients
AprilJuneAug.Oct.02,0004,0006,0008,000
California Department of Public Health
Confirmed patients
County ICU Other Total
Los Angeles » 216 542 758
San Diego » 72 119 191
San Bernardino » 40 147 187
Orange » 63 105 168
Riverside » 42 115 157
Fresno » 23 77 100
Santa Clara » 26 65 91
Sacramento » 23 57 80
Stanislaus » 14 45 59
Kern » 18 38 56
Alameda » 20 33 53
Imperial » 15 26 41
Ventura » 15 15 30
Tulare » 1 27 28
Contra Costa » 5 20 25
San Francisco » 8 17 25
San Joaquin » 4 19 23
San Mateo » 7 16 23
Monterey » 7 15 22
Solano » 4 18 22
Kings » 1 19 20
Sonoma » 4 16 20
Placer » 3 16 19
Santa Barbara » 4 14 18
Yuba » 1 9 10
Santa Cruz » 5 4 9
Madera » 1 7 8
Shasta » 1 7 8
Merced » 3 3 6
Yolo » 3 3 6
Tehama » 2 4 6
Marin » 1 4 5
Napa » 0 3 3
Humboldt » 1 2 3
San Luis Obispo » 0 2 2
Butte » 2 0 2
Lake » 1 1 2
Mendocino » 1 0 1
Inyo » 0 1 1
Del Norte » 0 1 1
Nevada » 0 1 1
Tuolumne » 0 1 1
Colusa » 0 0 0
Lassen » 0 0 0
San Benito » 0 0 0
Glenn » 0 0 0
Sutter » 0 0 0
Mono » 0 0 0
Calaveras » 0 0 0
Amador » 0 0 0
El Dorado » 0 0 0
Mariposa » 0 0 0
Siskiyou » 0 0 0
Plumas » 0 0 0
Modoc » 0 0 0
Trinity » 0 0 0

Officials also closely monitor the number of beds open in intensive-care units. In late July, the state changed its tracking method to exclude beds that are only for infants from the count.

Available ICU beds
AprilJuneAug.Oct.01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000State changestracking methodState changestracking method3,079Oct. 19
California Department of Public Health

Testing

After a fitful start, California has increased coronavirus testing in the state. Over the last week, an average of 122,193 tests have been conducted each day.

New tests by day
MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.050,000100,000150,000200,0007-dayaverage7-dayaverage
California Department of Public Health

In the last seven days, about 2.5% of the 855,353 tests conducted have returned a positive result.

Positive test rate, seven-day average
MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.0%2%4%6%8%10%2.5%Oct. 20
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 860 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 3.3 times more likely to test positive than white people.

Cumulative cases by race per 100,000 people
JuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.05001,0001,5002,0002,500AsianAsianBlackBlackLatino2,438 casesper 100,000Latino2,438 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
 
 
0%20%40%60%80%BlackAsianWhiteLatino
Race Deaths Deaths Pct. Population Pct.
Latino 8,142 48.6% 36.3%
White 5,035 30.1% 38.8%
Asian 2,043 12.2% 16.5%
Black 1,260 7.5% 6.1%
Note: There are 156 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 7% the state's coronavirus cases, but 35% of its deaths.

Deaths at nursing homes vs. elsewhere
JuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,000
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.

California in context

To date, the United States has recorded 8,268,606 coronavirus cases and 220,971 deaths. In the last week, the country has averaged 59,455 new cases and 737 deaths per day.

While California — America’s most populous state — leads the nation in cases, 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.020,00040,00060,00080,000
Johns Hopkins University CSSE, Times survey
State Cases Per 100k New cases
FewerMore
California 884,519 2,259.4
Mar 1Oct 20
Texas 862,277 3,092.2
 
Florida 760,389 3,691.5
 
New York 486,480 2,479.7
 
Illinois 354,457 2,764.6
 
Georgia 342,438 3,325.5
 
North Carolina 248,750 2,449.4
 
Tennessee 233,569 3,511.7
 
Arizona 232,937 3,353.2
 
New Jersey 222,193 2,501.7
 
Pennsylvania 189,970 1,485.2
 
Ohio 185,639 1,594.6
 
Wisconsin 178,482 3,088.8
 
Louisiana 176,681 3,788.5
 
Alabama 174,528 3,587.7
 
Virginia 167,270 1,988
 
Michigan 165,994 1,667
 
South Carolina 165,493 3,339.3
 
Missouri 161,849 2,657.6
 
Indiana 150,664 2,269.9
 
Massachusetts 145,464 2,129.7
 
Maryland 136,744 2,277.8
 
Minnesota 125,531 2,271.1
 
Mississippi 111,322 3,724.7
 
Oklahoma 109,548 2,795.9
 
Iowa 109,202 3,486.1
 
Arkansas 100,441 3,358.5
 
Washington 99,150 1,359.3
 
Utah 96,643 3,173.5
 
Nevada 91,499 3,130.5
 
Kentucky 89,544 2,016.7
 
Colorado 87,559 1,583
 
Kansas 72,179 2,481.4
 
Connecticut 64,455 1,799.7
 
Nebraska 59,409 3,119
 
Puerto Rico 58,643 1,731.4
 
Idaho 54,663 3,238.7
 
Oregon 40,136 983.3
 
New Mexico 37,896 1,811.1
 
South Dakota 34,457 3,986.7
 
North Dakota 33,666 4,475.7
 
Rhode Island 28,649 2,711.4
 
Montana 24,093 2,312.8
 
Delaware 23,325 2,456.6
 
West Virginia 20,520 1,121.9
 
District of Columbia 16,445 2,402.5
 
Hawaii 14,156 995.5
 
Alaska 11,391 1,542.4
 
New Hampshire 9,828 731.5
 
Wyoming 9,526 1,637.2
 
Maine 5,987 449.2
 
Vermont 1,956 313
 

The same is true for deaths. So far, California has accounted for 8% 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.05001,0001,5002,0002,500
Johns Hopkins University CSSE, Times survey
State Deaths Per 100k New deaths
FewerMore
New York 33,366 170.1
Mar 1Oct 20
Texas 17,558 63
 
California 17,066 43.6
 
New Jersey 16,227 182.7
 
Florida 16,105 78.2
 
Massachusetts 9,758 142.9
 
Illinois 9,537 74.4
 
Pennsylvania 8,516 66.6
 
Georgia 7,674 74.5
 
Michigan 7,383 74.1
 
Arizona 5,837 84
 
Louisiana 5,772 123.8
 
Ohio 5,083 43.7
 
Connecticut 4,559 127.3
 
Maryland 4,050 67.5
 
Indiana 4,008 60.4
 
North Carolina 3,992 39.3
 
South Carolina 3,696 74.6
 
Virginia 3,482 41.4
 
Mississippi 3,202 107.1
 
Tennessee 2,952 44.4
 
Alabama 2,805 57.7
 
Missouri 2,625 43.1
 
Minnesota 2,299 41.6
 
Washington 2,282 31.3
 
Colorado 2,182 39.4
 
Arkansas 1,728 57.8
 
Nevada 1,727 59.1
 
Wisconsin 1,633 28.3
 
Iowa 1,576 50.3
 
Kentucky 1,342 30.2
 
Oklahoma 1,191 30.4
 
Rhode Island 1,164 110.2
 
New Mexico 942 45
 
Kansas 895 30.8
 
Puerto Rico 769 22.7
 
Delaware 668 70.4
 
District of Columbia 642 93.8
 
Oregon 633 15.5
 
Nebraska 565 29.7
 
Utah 551 18.1
 
Idaho 535 31.7
 
New Hampshire 468 34.8
 
North Dakota 412 54.8
 
West Virginia 411 22.5
 
South Dakota 330 38.2
 
Montana 252 24.2
 
Hawaii 189 13.3
 
Maine 146 11
 
Alaska 67 9.1
 
Wyoming 61 10.5
 
Vermont 58 9.3
 
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