SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health announced today the most recent statistics on COVID-19.

California’s positivity rate – a key indicator of community spread – is trending upward in the 14-day average.

Hospitalization rates are also trending upward in the 14-day average.

Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed, and the 7-day average more accurately describes trends in number of cases. The 7-day average number of new cases is 8,228 per day. The 7-day average from the week prior was 6,902. California has 312,344 confirmed cases to date.

There have been 5,275,695 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 99,958 tests over the prior 24-hour reporting period. As testing capacity continues to increase across the state, an increase in the number of positive cases has been expected – increasing the importance of positivity rates to find signs of community spread.

There have been 7,039 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Thirty-one counties have one of the following: indoor closure orders, indoor closure orders in progress, or indoor closure orders that will be required if on the County Monitoring List for three or more days.

As of July 11, 2020, 31 counties have one of the following: indoor closure orders, indoor closure orders in progress, or indoor closure orders that will be required if on the County Monitoring List for three or more days according to the California Department Of Public Health.