California COVID Cases Increase To 3,801Deaths To 78

COVID-19 By the Numbers

As of March 26, 2020, 2 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, there are a total of 3,801 positive cases and 78 deaths in California (including one non-California resident). 

• 1,083: Community-acquired cases
• 2,718: Cases acquired through person-to-person transmission, travel (including cruise ship passengers), repatriation, or under investigation.
  • This includes 48 health care workers

Ages of all confirmed positive cases:

• Age 0-17: 45 cases
• Age 18-49: 1,906 cases
• Age 50-64: 967 cases
• Age 65 and older: 847 cases
• Unknown: 36 cases

Gender of all confirmed positive cases:

• Female: 1,680 cases
• Male: 2,074 cases
• Unknown: 47 cases
   

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx

In order to better focus public health resources on the changing needs of California communities, beginning on March 18, the state is no longer collecting information about California travelers returning from countries that have confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks. Community transmission of COVID-19 has been identified in California since late February, and since early March, most of the confirmed cases in the state were not related to travel outside of the United States.

Twenty-two public health labs in California are testing samples for COVID-19. These labs include the California Department of Public Health's Laboratory in Richmond, Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin (located in Solano), Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura County public health laboratories The Richmond Laboratory will provide diagnostic testing within a 48-hour turnaround time. This means California public health officials will get test results sooner, so that patients will get the best care.