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Ten of the first 20 confirmed COVID-19 infections in the United States were detected in California, and the first infection was confirmed on January 26, 2020. [6] [7] [8] All of the early confirmed cases were persons who had recently travelled to China, as testing was restricted to this group, but there were some other people infected by that ...
On February 6, 57-year-old Patricia Dowd of San Jose, California became the first COVID-19 death in the United States discovered by April 2020. She died at home without any known recent foreign travel, after being unusually sick from flu in late January, then recovering, remote working, and suddenly dying on February 6.
"COVID-19 remains a health threat, but it makes far fewer people seriously ill because our immunity is stronger, with over 98% of the U.S. population now having some protective immunity against ...
One way to estimate COVID-19 deaths that includes unconfirmed cases is to use the excess mortality, which is the overall number of deaths that exceed what would normally be expected. [4] From March 1, 2020, through the end of 2020, there were 522,368 excess deaths in the United States, or 22.9% more deaths than would have been expected in that ...
The statewide fatality rate for COVID-19 also continues to creep upward during the current wave, from a low point of 10 per day in early May to a seven-day average of 21 reported Friday by CDPH.
In the same Aug. 9 update, the state health department reported that COVID-19 was the cause of 1.8% of total deaths in California over the previous seven days. On July 30, 1.9% of recent deaths in ...
States, territories, and counties that issued a stay-at-home order in 2020. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
Hospitals in Sacramento County were treating 187 COVID-19 patients on Thursday, state data shows, down from 192 one week earlier. The intensive care unit total was 23, up four from last week.